Brandimore v. Dickens

In the course of protracted litigation involving real estate, Lewis M. Dickens, who claimed to be interested, under a trust mortgage, and without title, executed a mortgage on the property to Alfred J. Brandimore for $650,000. Brandimore filed the bill herein to foreclose the mortgage and have a receiver appointed. Dickens filed consent to the appointment of a receiver. Upon the bill and such consent, without notice to persons in possession or interest, a receiver was appointed under a bond of $100, and at once assumed possession. The next morning, attorneys representing parties dispossessed…