State ex rel. Washington Match Co. v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Application to the supreme court filed December 22, 1903, for a writ of mandamus to compel the superior court of Pierce county, Huston, J., to fix the amount of a supersedeas bond on appeal from an order entered December 18, 1903, appointing a temporary receiver. Writ granted.
1Per curiam
On November 25th, 1903, W. H. Kirwin and two others began an action against the relator, a corporation, to recover some $3,500 paid in on its capital *124stock, which they allege to have been obtained from them by the fraud of the promoters of the corporation. At the time of filing their complaint, and without notice to the relator, they procured the appointment of a temporary receiver to take charge of the affairs of the corporation pending a hearing on an application to appoint a permanent receiver. On the day fixed for the hearing, the relator appeared, and took issue with the applicants on…
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