O'Brien Mercantile Co. v. Bay Lake Fruit Growers Ass'n

There are two actions. Each sought the appointment of a receiver of the Bay Lake Fruit Growers Association. The action first commenced was prosecuted' by the O’Brien Mercantile Company, a general creditor, whose claim had not been reduced to judgment. The other was prosecuted by Gowan-Lenning-Brown Company, which having acquired an assignment of a small judgment pressed its suit as a judgment creditor.

The ultimate purpose in both actions was to enforce the stockholders’ double liability. The corporation had been adjudged a bankrupt. The first action sought the appointment of Donald I. Ryan as…