Hamilton v. Wynne
Hamilton v. Wynne
Opinion of the Court
delivered, the opinion of the court:
The application is, under the Code, sec. 3933 [Shannon’s Code, sec. 5737], to supersede an order made by a circuit j udge at chambers, appointing a receiver in a chancery suit. The bill is filed by the trustees and beneficiaries in two trust assignments for the benefit of creditors made by the defendants, James A. Wynne and JohnK. Wynne, respectively, and seeks to impound the property because James A. Wynne had absconded and left the state, because both defendants were insolvent, the property inadequate to> secure the debts, taxes unpaid and accumulating, and because it was hazardous, on account of his pecuniary condition, to leave the personal chattels in the possession of John K. Wynne. The absconding defendant is no party to' the application.
It may be considered as settled that the section of the Code in question does not apply to the fiats or orders of the inferior courts or judges touching the extraordinary process which they are authorized to issue for the impounding or preservation of property pending litigation. Redmond v. Redmond, 1 Leg. Rep., 359 [S. C. 9 Bax., 561]. The appointment of a receiver, we have recently held, is, ordinarily, in the nature of extraordinary process, for it neither settles nor prejudices rights, and is only resorted to. for the purpose of preserving the property in controversy pending the litigation for the benefit of the successful party. Such an appointment, in a case clearly within the competency of the court, can no more be superseded than the fiat or order of the court directing the issuance of extraordinary process. Baird v. Cumberland and Stone’s River Turnpike Company, 1 Lea, 394. And a supersedeas has recently been refused in a case precisely like the present, where a receiver was appointed of lands conveyed in trust for creditors, upon a bill filed, in advance of the maturity
Tbe application must be refused.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- JAMES HAMILTON v. JAMES A. WYNNE
- Status
- Published