Supreme Court of the United States March 4, 1895, 91 (Cunningham v. MacOn & Brunswick Railroad)

Mr. Justice White,

after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The case of the appellants rests upon two distinct legal propositions. The first one asserts their right to be subrogated to a mortgage security taken by the State of Georgia, and, by virtue of such subrogation, to enforce the mortgage against the property of the railway company.