King v. Ohio & M. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
[This was a suit by John King. Jr., and others against the Ohio & Mississippi Railway Company and several other defendants.] The Ohio & Mississippi Railway Company; the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railway Company; the Indianapolis, Cin-cinati & Lafayette Railway Company; the Logansport, Crawfordsville & Southwestern Railway Company were, in the month of July, 1S77, in proceedings of foreclosure of mortgages against them respectively, in the possession of receivers…
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[This was a suit by John King. Jr., and others against the Ohio & Mississippi Railway Company and several other defendants.] The Ohio & Mississippi Railway Company; the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railway Company; the Indianapolis, Cin-cinati & Lafayette Railway Company; the Logansport, Crawfordsville & Southwestern Railway Company were, in the month of July, 1S77, in proceedings of foreclosure of mortgages against them respectively, in the possession of receivers acting under the authority of the court, and required to operate the railways. During the strikes of the latter part of…
1Opinion of the Court
DBUMMOND, Circuit Judge.
We have spent several days in examining the testimony concerning the interference by parties who have been brought before the court with the property in its custody. Four railroads, under the orders of the court, were placed in the possession of receivers. They became officers of the court, whose duty it was to protect the property' and operate the roads under the direction and order of the court. The property thus placed in their possession is considered as property belonging to the court, and of course entitled to its protection by all the means which are at the…
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