Hayes v. Brotzman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. ' The South-Ann Street Savings Association of Baltimore ■ City was incorporated under the provisions of the Act of 1868, ch. 4X1. Under proceedings in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, the Court passed the following decree. ‘ ‘ The hill and answer in the above cause having been read and considered, and the same submitted for decree, it is thereupon on this, the 18th day of August, A. D. 1875, hy the Circuit Court of Baltimore City,…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. ' The South-Ann Street Savings Association of Baltimore ■ City was incorporated under the provisions of the Act of 1868, ch. 4X1. Under proceedings in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, the Court passed the following decree. ‘ ‘ The hill and answer in the above cause having been read and considered, and the same submitted for decree, it is thereupon on this, the 18th day of August, A. D. 1875, hy the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, adjudged, ordered and decreed, that J. Thomas Seharf he, and he is hereby appointed receiver of the South Ann Street…
1Opinion of the CourtBrent, J.
As the cause of action in this case arose before the appointment of the receiver, it is necessary, in order to maintain the action in his name, that it should he made to appear he has had conferred upon him the power and authority to sue.
That such power and authority has been conferred we think is clear. The terms of the decree, under which he *525is acting, direct that the receiver “ shall prosecute and defend all suits at law that may now be pending or may be hereafter instituted, in which said defendant may be a party.” The object of the decree was “to wind up the affairs ” of the South Ann…
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