Jewett v. Whitcomb
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin
This was an action by Jennie M. Jewett, as administratrix, against H. F. Whitcomb and Howard Morris, as receivers of the Wisconsin1 Central Company and the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company, to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate.
1Opinion of the Court
BEAMAN, District Judge.
This action was commenced in the circuit court for Winnebago county upon a complaint which alleges that negligence on the part of the defendants in ihe operation of the railway committed io their control produced the death of plaintiff’s intestate, and that the control and jiossessiou of such railway by the defendants was derived through their appointment as "receivers of the Wisconsin Central Company and the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company [they being railroad corporations organized and existing under the laws of the state of Wisconsin] by the circuit court of the…
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