Secor v. Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw R.

The property of the railroad was sold under a decree of the court. Certain funds were paid into court, and upon the reorganization of the company by the purchasers under the sale a bond was filed in court for the purpose of meeting all claims which might be sustained by the court while the property was in the possession of, and operated by, the receiver under its order. This is a petition asking compensation for an injury which the petitioner sustained in consequence of a fall while attempting to get off the train when it was operated by the receiver. On the fifth day of March, 1878, the…