Edrington v. Pridham
Texas Supreme Court
Erbob from Victoria. Tried below, before the Hon. H. Clay Pleasants. The Texas Continental Meat Company, a corporation under the laws of Texas, was, up to about April 16, 1884, engaged in the business of slaughtering, refrigerating and selling dressed beef, at two slaughtering and refrigerating establishments, one of which was located at Victoria, and the other at Fort Worth.
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Erbob from Victoria. Tried below, before the Hon. H. Clay Pleasants. The Texas Continental Meat Company, a corporation under the laws of Texas, was, up to about April 16, 1884, engaged in the business of slaughtering, refrigerating and selling dressed beef, at two slaughtering and refrigerating establishments, one of which was located at Victoria, and the other at Fort Worth. The business of the company was managed by a board of thirteen directors, six of whom were residents of Victoria, or vicinity, and managed the business at Victoria, and the remaining seven were residents of Fort Worth,…
1Opinion of the Court
Robertson, Associate Justice.
In the suit of Ayres & Cannon and others against the Texas Continental Meat Company, the •plaintiffs prayed for the appointment of a receiver, and the court, having jurisdiction of the subject matter and the parties, acted within its power in granting that relief. If, in making the appointment, the court proceeded upon an insufficient showing, the order wag erroneous and subject to revision, but not void or open to collateral attack. Dean v. Thatcher, 32 N. J. L. 470; Wood v. Blythe, 46 Wis. 650.
*617The plaintiff in error, having notice of the order made in the main…
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