Covington Drawbridge Company v. Shepherd
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for the district of Indiana. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
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This was an appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for the district of Indiana. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. As the decree of the Circuit Court was affirmed, and directed to be carried into execution, it may be proper to state what that decree was, viz: “It is therefore ordered, adjudged, and decreed, that Jdhn McManaway be, and he is hereby, appointed a receiver of the tolls and revenues of the said Covington Drawbridge Company; that he enter upon, and, by himself, his agents, and servants, possess himself of and control the said bridge,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
In December, 1854, Shepherd and others recovered a judgment against the Covington Drawbridge Company, for upwards of six thousand dollars.' At the same time, Davidson recovered a judgment against the same company for upwards of a thousand dollar’s.
The corporation was created by an act of the Legislature of Indiana, and built a drawbridge over the "Wabash river, in that State, pursuant to its charter; was sued for a tort iii the Circuit Court of the United States for Indiana district, where the recoveries were had. Executions at law were regularly issued, and at March term, 1855, of that…
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