Wood v. Grayson
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia appointing receivers pendente lite in a suit in equity for the appointment of a receiver of rents of certain real estate, to enjoin a sale of the property and for other relief.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia appointing receivers pendente lite in a suit in equity for the appointment of a receiver of rents of certain real estate, to enjoin a sale of the property and for other relief. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows • This is an appeal from an interlocutory order of the Supreme Court of the District appointing receivers for certain property called the Victoria Flats. The order was made on a bill filed by David C. Grayson, trustee, and a number of others as beneficiaries, in a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The determination of the questions raised by the allegations of the bill and of the response to the rule to show cause, respecting the equitable rights, in relation to the “ten foot, strip,” of the beneficiaries of the second trust upon the flats property in which Grayson is trustee, will probably become a matter of very great importance in the settlement of the final decree in this litigation, and it must be deferred until that time.
The sole question necessarily involved in this appeal is the propriety of the order appointing receivers for the property pendente lite, as between the claimants…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kountze v. Omaha Hotel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Sage v. Memphis & Little Rock RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Grant v. Phœnix Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
3Cited by1 opinion
- Hurwitz v. HurwitzCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943