Sibson v. Hamilton & Rourke Co.
Sibson v. Hamilton & Rourke Co.
Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court of Whitman county appointing a receiver of certain property of respondent which had been delivered to appellants as trustees. From the record we have concluded that the order should be affirmed, for the reason that it appears to us that Rourke was the agent of the appellants, and not of the respondent. He was appointed by appellants, subject to removal by them; and, however great his interest in the respondent corporation might be, it did not relieve appellants of the duty to respondent of seeing that the trust property was not destroyed, or the object of the trust rendered nugatory, through the act of appellants’ agent. Hpon the record here presented — not desiring to go beyond it, or to prejudice the case that may come here upon appeal from the final judgment — we are constrained to hold that the respondent corporation is not chargeable
Upon the record, we think the trial court did not abuse its discretion, and the order will be affirmed.
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