Manhattan Shirt Company v. Moore

COLLINGS, Justice.

This suit began with an application for the appointment of a receiver by Wesley Moore. He complained of Manhattan Shirt Company and Halsey Wright, Sheriff of Jim Wells County, seeking, ancillary to the appointment of a receiver, an injunction against the proposed sale of merchandise under a levy of an execution by the Sheriff. The merchandise involved was a portion of the assets of Moore’s Men’s Wear, Inc., the stock of which corporation plaintiff alleged he was the owner of 51%. The injunction was granted. Reed B. Nunley was appointed receiver and ordered to take possession…