Thom v. Pittard
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. This was a suit by Newgass & Co. against the Atlantic & Danville Railroad Company to foreclose a mortgage on its road, in which Alfred P. Thom was appointed receiver. John B. Pittard filed a petition claiming damages for personal injuries received while in the employ of the receiver. The circuit court rendered a decree for petitioner. The receiver appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
GOFF, Circuit. Judge.
While the Atlantic & Danville Railroad Company vas being operated by Alfred P. Thom (a receiver appointed by the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia, in tin» suit of Newgass & Co. against said railroad company for the foreclosure of a mortgage on the same), John B. Pittard was employed T6y those representing said receiver as a laborer on a material or work train, which was used on the line of the railway, in hauling dirt, rock, and other material from one point to another, and in repairing the roadbed, and was injured by the collision…
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