Bell v. Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette Railroad

Suit by the appellant against the appellee for injuries received by him in being run over by a train of cars of the defendant, on or about the 7th day of October, 1872.

The defendant pleaded, as a first paragraph of answer, that, at the time of the alleged grievances, to wit, etc., the entire road, engines, cars, and all the other property, etc., of defendant, together with the entire control and management of the same, were in the hands and possession and under the control of receivers, duly and legally appointed by the Marion Civil Circuit Court, the circuit court of the United States for…