Balfour-Guthrie Investment Co. v. Geiger

Washington Supreme Court
Balfour-Guthrie Investment Co. v. Geiger, 20 Wash. 579 (Wash. 1899)
56 P. 370; 1899 Wash. LEXIS 205
Gordon

Balfour-Guthrie Investment Co. v. Geiger

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gordon, C. J.

The appellant, having commenced an .action to foreclose a farm mortgage, applied for the appointment of a receiver to take possession of the property ■and apply the rents and profits to the payment of the mortgage debt. A receiver was appointed, and subse■quently thereto, but prior to the entry of a decree in the principal action, the court, on motion of the respondents, vacated its previous order of appointment, and thereupon fhe plaintiff appealed.

We think the case is controlled by Norfor v. Busby, 19 Wash. 450 (53 Pac. 715). That case was ably presented and received mature consideration from this court, and ■the able argument of appellant’s counsel has failed to convince us that it should be overruled. We think that, fol*580lowing that case, the appointment of the receiver in the present case was improvident; and the learned judge, having reached that conclusion, was warranted in vacating the order at any time prior to the entry of the final decree. The order was interlocutory, and, until the case terminated in a final judgment, the court retained jurisdiction, which carried with it the right to vacate any previous order improvidently made.

The cases of Dickson v. Matheson, 12 Wash. 196 (40 Pac. 725); Greene v. Williams, 13 Wash. 674 (43 Pac. 938); Burnham v. Spokane Mercantile Co., 18 Wash. 207 (51 Pac. 363), and State ex rel. Grady v. Lockhart, 18 Wash. 531 (52 Pac. 315), are not in point, because the question in each of these related to the power of the court to disturb a final order or judgment.

The order appealed from is affirmed.

Bullebton, Beavis, Andebs and Dunbab, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
The Balfour-Guthrie Investment Company v. Magdalina Mary Geiger
Cited By
9 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
RECEIVERS-APPOINTMENT IN FORECLOSURE SUITS'—POWER TO SET ASIDE. Under the statutes of this state, giving the mortgagee the right of possession of the mortgaged premises until foreclosure ;sale, the appointment of a receiver in foreclosure proceedings is unwarranted. An order appointing a receiver pending suit is interlocutory, and, until the case is terminated by final judgment, the court retains jurisdiction to vacate any previous order improvidently made.