Hanlon v. Smith
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Action by John T. Hanlon against Charles H. F. Smith and another, as receivers of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company.
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Action by John T. Hanlon against Charles H. F. Smith and another, as receivers of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company. Plaintiff filed an amended petition for joinder-as a party defendant of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company, purchaser of the property at a receivers’ sale, which amendment defendants move to strike on the ground that the railroad company is not a necessary or proper party to the action, and, if made a party,'there would he a misjoinder of parties and causes of action.
1Opinion of the Court
REED, District Judge.
This action was commenced in the district court of Iowa in and for Dubuque.county July 28, 1909, to recover of the defendants, as receiver? of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company, damages for a personal injury alleged to have been sustained, by plaintiff in February, 1909, while in their employ as a switch-man in a yard of that company, in Dubuque, Iowa, because of their negligence in the operation of the railroad of the company, and in due time properly removed to this court. Since the removal the plaintiff has filed an amendment to his petition, in which he…
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