Legal Opinion

Lee v. Lee

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 16, 1981No. 81-1370PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COWART, Judge.

Petitioner, plaintiff in a suit for dissolution of a partnership, petitions this court for a writ of common law certiorari to review the trial court’s non-final order denying his motion for appointment of a receiver.

The appointment of a receiver is an ancillary remedy, is not a matter of right and rests in the sound judicial discretion of the equity judge. A trial judge who has jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter can consider the matter and, correctly or erroneously, grant or deny the appointment of a receiver without permitting irreparable injury and without…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hawaiian Inn v. Snead Const. Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis v. LucasDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  2. Twinjay Chambers Partnership v. SuarezDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  3. Spector v. Old Town Key West Development, Ltd.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990

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