Morgan v. Hardee
Supreme Court of Georgia
New Trial. Receivers. Before Judge Adams. Chat-ham Superior Court. March Term, 1883. On a bill filed by Moses Ferst et al., creditors of IT., Mayer & Company, George Yon Seybold was appointed, receiver. Subsequently, trustees in bankruptcy of H. Mayer & Company, that firm having been adjudged bankrupts, filed a petition to have the assets in the hands of the receiver turned over to them.
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New Trial. Receivers. Before Judge Adams. Chat-ham Superior Court. March Term, 1883. On a bill filed by Moses Ferst et al., creditors of IT., Mayer & Company, George Yon Seybold was appointed, receiver. Subsequently, trustees in bankruptcy of H. Mayer & Company, that firm having been adjudged bankrupts, filed a petition to have the assets in the hands of the receiver turned over to them. This case was carried to the Supreme Court, and resulted in a judgment that the assets should be paid over to the trustees. This judgment was as follows: “Let the fund in the hands of the receiver he turned…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
In 1S79 a verdict was returned, fixing the fees of the intestate of the defendant in error at $3,000,00. for the *741management of a very heavy and complicated business, as receiver, for several years. The receiver died a short time after the verdict,—within six days; a motion was made for a new trial, which was not heard until 1883, and was then overruled on all the grounds therein set out. The refusal of the new trial is the error assigned.
1. The case involved the'character of the deceased receiver. It was settled by the jury in his favor while he was alive and able to.…
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