People v. Oriental Bank
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Oriental Bank, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 24th day of April, 1908, as amended ntmo fro tuno by an order entered on the 4th day of May, 1908, referring to a referee all questions in connection with the application of the temporary receivers of the defendant for allowance of their fees, commissions and disbursements.
1Per curiam
It accords with the long-established practice of the court to subject the accounts of receivers to the scrutiny of a referee before passing upon them when, as in the present case, large sums have to be accounted for. The questions sought to be raised by the exceptions can best be disposed of on the coming in of that report. It cannot he said now, as matter of law, that the receivers are entitled *866to no compensation because the order appointing them was vacated. That vacation did not proceed upon the ground that the court was without jurisdiction to appoint receivers ex parte, but upon the…
2Cited by2 opinions
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