National Park Bank v. Goddard
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal in the first above-entitled action, from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department made November 13,1891, which affirmed an order of the Special Term appointing a receiver of the property of Levy Brothers & Co. and granting an injunction.
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Appeal in the first above-entitled action, from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department made November 13,1891, which affirmed an order of the Special Term appointing a receiver of the property of Levy Brothers & Co. and granting an injunction. Appeal in the second above-entitled action from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made November 13, 1891, which affirmed an order of Special Term instructing the special receiver of Levy Brothers & Co. with reference to property subject to his receivership. These…
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The only question presented by these appeals is whether the court, sitting as a court of equity, had jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the action; for, if it had, the order appointing a receiver, and enjoining the prosecution of the suits in replevin instituted by the several defendants, was not only within the discretion of the court, but absolutely essential to the relief which it was its duty to administer. We must determine that question principally upon the allegations of the complaint. Ifo answers had been served when the motion was made, and the equities of the complaint, if such…
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