Florida Central Railroad v. Bisbee

This is an action of indebitatus assumpsit to recover money paid upon a judgment or order subsequently reversed upon appeal. The plaintiff in its declaration avers: That the defendant on the 27th day of July, A. D. 1876, procured an order from the Circuit Court for the Fourth Judicial Circuit to Joseph H. Durkee, then master in charge and possession of the Florida Central Railroad, under and by virtue of a decree in the suit of the State of Florida vs. the plaintiff and others, ordering the said Joseph H. Durkee, as such master and receiver, to pay to the said defendant the sum of six…