Hudkins v. Bush
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Randolph County. Action by B. Hudkins and others against B. F. Bush, receiver of the Western Maryland Railroad Company. .Judgment for •defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Bbannon, Judge:
B. Hudkins and Wi. G. Hudkins brought an action of trespass on the case against B. F. Bush, receiver of the Western Maryland Railroad Company, to recover damages for killing some cattle on the railroad track, and the court, on motion of the defendant, excluded the plaintiff’s evidence' and directed a verdict for the defendant, and on such verdict gave judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiffs sued out a writ of error.
At the start we come across the question of the appointment of the receiver. The only evidence thereof is a paper called a certificate of facts, if we can say…
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