Petersen v. Case

In the foreclosure of a mortgage on the Green Bay & Minnesota Railroad, in this court, the respondent was appointed receiver, and as such, was empowered to operate the road pending the receivership. In October, 1881, ho was so operating the road, the eastern terminus of which was Ft. Howard, where there existed connections with the Chicago & Northwestern Railway for the transportation of freight shipped on the receiver’s line of road, and destined for Chicago. On the third day of October, 1881, the petitioner Petersen shipped over the respondent’s road, at Amherst Junction, Wisconsin, two…