Riggs v. Burnrite Coal Briquette Co.

RYNCH, District Judge.

Receivers for the defendant corporation were appointed by this court in May, 1922. Under various orders of this court they have ever since conducted the business of the corporation. They have contracted debts, borrowed money on receivers’ certificates, paid taxes, and discharged many other duties incidental to their management and control of that business. The order appointing the receivers was not appealed from. Nor were any of the orders relating to the operation of the business by the receivers questioned by appeal. In this court the point of lack of jurisdiction to…