Stewart v. Harmon
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
At Law. This is an action against the defendants, as receivers of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Company, commenced in a state court, and removed by defendants. On motion to quash the service and dismiss for want of jurisdiction over the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, District Judge.
On the 8th day of July, 1899, the plaintiff filed her complaint in the circuit court of Jennings county, Ind., in two paragraphs, for the purpose of recovering damages for a personal injury alleged to have been received through the carelessness and negligence of the receivers, their servants, agents, and employés, while the plaintiff was riding as a passenger in one of the cars of the defendant receivers. On the same day a summons was duly issued by the clerk of the Jennings circuit court to the sheriff of that county, commanding the defendants, receivers of said railway…
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