People v. Norton

The Chancellor:—In these cases, application is made for the appointment of a receiver of the rents and profits of certain lots in the city of New York, which, by inquest of office, have been found to have escheated to the people of this state.

The facts disclosed in the respective bills, together with *18the affidavits on which the motions are founded, show the propriety and necessity of the appointment; and the only difficulty in my mind has been in relation to want of notice to the defendant Norton. As a general rule, a receiver should not be appointed without notice to the opposite party; but…