Case Name: The Mercantile Trust Company, a corporation under the laws of the State of New York, William J. Kendricks and James A. Russell, Appellants, vs. Geo. F. Broughton, John N. C. Stockton, Joseph Hathorne, Charles F. Warriner, as surviving partner of the late copartnership of Arthur L. Hungerford and Charles F. Warriner; John S. Fairhead, Henry C. Strawn and Benjamin R. Powell, partners as Fairhead, Strawn & Co., and the Jacksonville, Mayport, Pablo Railway and Navigation Company, a corporation under the laws of the State of Florida, Appellees
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1899-06
Citations: 41 Fla. 691
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Mercantile Trust Company, a corporation under the laws of the State of New York, William J. Kendricks and James A. Russell, Appellants, vs. Geo. F. Broughton, John N. C. Stockton, Joseph Hathorne, Charles F. Warriner, as surviving partner of the late copartnership of Arthur L. Hungerford and Charles F. Warriner; John S. Fairhead, Henry C. Strawn and Benjamin R. Powell, partners as Fairhead, Strawn & Co., and the Jacksonville, Mayport, Pablo Railway and Navigation Company, a corporation under the laws of the State of Florida, Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 41
Pages: 691–692

Head Matter:
The Mercantile Trust Company, a corporation under the laws of the State of New York, William J. Kendricks and James A. Russell, Appellants, vs. Geo. F. Broughton, John N. C. Stockton, Joseph Hathorne, Charles F. Warriner, as surviving partner of the late copartnership of Arthur L. Hungerford and Charles F. Warriner; John S. Fairhead, Henry C. Strawn and Benjamin R. Powell, partners as Fairhead, Strawn & Co., and the Jacksonville, Mayport, Pablo Railway and Navigation Company, a corporation under the laws of the State of Florida, Appellees.
Appeal from Circuit Court, Duval county; Rhydon M. Call, Judge.
Bisbee & Rinehart, Henderson & Raney, for Appellants.
W. B. Young, for George F. Broughton.
W. H. Baker, for John N. C. Stockton.
A. H. King, for Joseph Hathorne.
A. W. Cockrell, Jr., for Charles F. Warriner.
Stephen E. Foster, for Fairhead, Strawn & Co.
H. H. Buckman, for Jacksonville, Mayport, Pablo Railway and Navigation Company.

Opinion:
The bill in this cause was filed by George F. Broughton against the Jacksonville, Mayport, Pablo Railway and Navigation Company and The Mercantile Trust Company. After such bill was filed Fairhead, Strawn & Company, Joseph Hathorne, John N. C. .Stockton and Charles F. Warriner filed petitions of intervention which.were allowed. There was decree authorizing a sale of the railroad, and ordering distribution of proceeds, from which decree The Mercantile Trust Company, William J. Kendricks and James A. Russell appealed.
Appeal dismissed on praecipe of counsel for appellants.