Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Wilkinson

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 21, 1929No. 6 Div. 470Published

1Opinion

On Rehearing.

FOSTER, J.

The statement in the original opinion of the court in this case, in substance, that agents and others holding for and under parties to the suit should surrender the property to a receiver on demand after knowledge of his appointment, is certainly well sustained. It is also well understood as stated in Musgrove v. Gray, 123 Ala. 376, 26 So. 643, 82 ‘Am. St. Rep. 124, in effect that a summary remedy in favor of a receiver for assistance to recover property does not extend to persons not parties to the suit who are in possession and in good faith deny the receiver’s right…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Havemeyer v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Ex parte HollisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
  3. Thomas v. BarnesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  4. Lyon v. PowellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  5. State ex rel. Parsons Mining Co. v. McClureNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1913

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