Farrar v. Pesterfield

Mobley, Justice.

Code § 55-301 provides that the judge of the superior court may appoint a receiver of a fund or of property having no one to manage it. In Parrish v. Rigell, 183 Ga. 218 (188 S. E. 15, 107 A. L. R. 1385), it was held that a cause of action was stated in a petition brought in behalf of an insane person which alleged that the defendant by fraudulent practices had procured a power of attorney from the incompetent and was mismanaging and wasting his property, and which sought the appointment of a temporary and permanent receiver. The court in its ruling stated at page 223: “The…