Dowling v. Canal Bank & Trust Co.

[1] Plaintiff, Miss Ruby L. Dowling, brought suit against the Canal Bank Trust Company and J. Edgar Monroe, George E. Burgess and John F. Finke, individually and as agents, representatives and liquidating commissioners, seeking to have a receiver appointed to wind up and liquidate the affairs of the Canal Bank and Trust Company. The defendants in their answer asked for a dismissal of the suit and for the lower court to take jurisdiction of the liquidation of the corporation. They asked for the appointment and confirmation of Monroe, Burgess and Finke as liquidators, upon their taking oath and…