Capital City Water Co. v. Weatherly
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. T. M. Arrington. The facts of this case are sufficiently shown in the opinion. . Eyen though the appellant had been guilty of a contempt, it can question the authority of the court to make the appointment of receivers. 1 Dan. Chy. Sec. 505 ; Wilson v. Bates, 3 M. & C. 197 ; Ghatterton v. Thomas, 36 L. J. Ch. 592 ; Fry v. Earnest, 12 W. R. 97 ; Hazard v. Durant, 11 R. I. 195 ; A. & K-. R. R. Go. v. A.R.
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Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. T. M. Arrington. The facts of this case are sufficiently shown in the opinion. . Eyen though the appellant had been guilty of a contempt, it can question the authority of the court to make the appointment of receivers. 1 Dan. Chy. Sec. 505 ; Wilson v. Bates, 3 M. & C. 197 ; Ghatterton v. Thomas, 36 L. J. Ch. 592 ; Fry v. Earnest, 12 W. R. 97 ; Hazard v. Durant, 11 R. I. 195 ; A. & K-. R. R. Go. v. A.R. R. Go., 49 Me. 398. The action of the appellant in the Federal Court-, seeking a receiver there, ' was an attempt to oust the jurisdiction…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
By proceedings in the nature of a quo warranto', the court having jurisdiction thereof., rendered a judgment vacating the charter, and annulling-the' corporate existence of the Capital City Water Company, the appellant. Immediately thereafter George Weath-erly, the. appellee, filed, the present bill,- and,’applied for the appointment of. a receiver, to bake-charge of..- alj-' the assets of the dissolved corporation, and. for the-firhe'beihg to continue the business of the' corporation.. Notice, was given of the application for the appointment of a receiver *414and on the 21st of December 1894 the…
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