LOUISVILLE &C. RAILROAD CO. v. WILSON

No. 153.

138 U.S. 501 (1891)

LOUISVILLE, EVANSVILLE AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY v. WILSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alexander P. Humphry for appellant. Mr. J.E. Iglehart, Mr. Edwin Taylor and Mr. George M. Davie were with him on the brief.

Mr. Bluford Wilson in person for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

We think the appeal was properly taken. At the time the order of August 10 was entered, the receiver was not in possession; he had surrendered the property more than nine months prior thereto. When he surrendered the property, he closed up his receivership. A decree against him was not personal, but official. It was not the contemplation of the court that any personal liability should be cast upon him. He not...

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