Louisville, New Albany, & Chicago Railroad v. Cauble

This was an action by the appellee against the appellant, to recover the value of a cow alleged to have been killed by the locomotive and cars of the appellant.

The only question presented for our decision is, whether *278the court below possessed jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the action and of the appellant.

It appears of record, that George H. Chapman, receiver of the Louisville, New Albany, and Chicago Railroad Company, appointed by the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Indiana, entered a special appearance in the justice’s court, from which this cause was appealed…