Humphreys v. Hopkins
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeatty, C. J.
The plaintiffs in this action are receivers of the road and other property of the Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway Company. They were appointed by the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Missouri, May 25, 1884, by an order *552made in an action to which the railway company was a party, and were thereby authorized to take possession of said road, to manage, control, and operate it, and preserve and protect all its property. At the date of their appointment a certain freight-car belonging to the company was at Toledo, in the state of Ohio, where, on the 29th of May, 1884,…
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