Sloan v. Central Iowa Railway Co.

The Central Kailroad Company of Iowa executed a mortgage to the Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co., and, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured, the trust company commenced an action in the United States circuit court to foreclose the mortgage, and therein asked for and secured the appointment of II. Li Morrill as receiver, who, as such, took possession of and operated the road. The receiver was operating the road on the sixth day of July, 1878, when, as the plaintiff claims, he was in the employ of the receiver as a brakeman, and was then injured by being run over by a…