Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. McBride
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Seb'astain Circuit Court, Port Smith district; Paul Little, judge; 1. The demurrer should have been sustained. Appellant was not liable for the negligence of the servants of the receiver.
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Appeal from Seb'astain Circuit Court, Port Smith district; Paul Little, judge; 1. The demurrer should have been sustained. Appellant was not liable for the negligence of the servants of the receiver. Appellant was not a party to the suit nor bound thereby as a privy. 96 Ark. 451; 75 Id. 1; 105 Id. 86; 96 Id. 405; 34 Id. 291; 35 Id. 62; 82 Id. 414; 80 Id. 82; 1 Fed. 641-643; 4 Pet. 475; 74 Atl. 254; 110 Pac. 1037. There was no privy between the corporation and its receiver. 23 Enc. Law (2 ed.) 101. 2. A railroad is not liable for the negligence of the servants of its receiver. The receiver’s…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Appellee filed suit against appellant on the 22d day of March, 1918, in the circuit court of Sebastian County, Ft. Smith District, on a judgment of $20,000 which appellee had recovered against Jacob M. Dickinson, receiver of appellant, on the 22d day of March, 1916, in the Southern District of the Prairie Circuit Court. The complaint alleged, in substance, that appellee is a resident and citizen of Little Rock, Arkansas; that appellant is an Illinois corporation engaged in operating a railroad in the State of Arkansas; that on the 22d day of March, 1916, appellee recovered a judgment in the…
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