Carter v. Mitchell

FOSTER, 3.

This appeal was taken by Carter, as receiver appointed by the Jefferson court, and Adams and Butts who were respondents in the original bill, and all were interested in the preservation of the mortuary fund. Carter, as receiver, appeared in this case as the representative of the Jefferson court, and to protect the interests of which he wag receiver. The interest they all had was only to protect the funds of the order, and none of them had a direct personal interest in the final decree. Their appeal was for the joint benefit of all those thus interested, and we think that their joint…