Singleton v. Felton
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio. This is an action to recover damages for the negligent killing of one Charles Singleton, the intestate and son of the plaintiff in error. The defendant is a receiver appointed by the court in which the suit was brought by an intervening petition.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio. This is an action to recover damages for the negligent killing of one Charles Singleton, the intestate and son of the plaintiff in error. The defendant is a receiver appointed by the court in which the suit was brought by an intervening petition. The death of the decedent was proximateíy due to a rear-end collision between two trains operated by the servants of the receiver sued. Both trains left Somerset, Ky., bound north, the first, a freight, about one hour before the last, a…
1Opinion of the CourtLuutox, Circuit Judge
That the decedent was an intruder upon the construction train, and that his presence thereon was unknown to those engaged in its operation, was the conclusion of the special master. On the motion of the plaintiff the petition was referred to a special master, not to take and report the evidence, but “to hear the evidence offered by the parties, respectively, with direction to report his findings and conclusions, both of law and facts, to the court.” The order was in the nature of a submission to a tribunal selected by tlie parties themselves. So far as the master had to deal with conflicting…
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