McNair v. Pope
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This is an appeal from an ORDER APPOINTING a receiver, made by Gilmer, Judge, at the August Term, 1886, of Robeson Superior Court. The plaintiffs are the heirs at law of Duncan McNair, deceased, who, in Januarj'', 1869, had executed a mortgage to one John McOallum, a copy of which is filed with the complaint. John McOallum died in 1871, leaving a will, with Alex.
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This is an appeal from an ORDER APPOINTING a receiver, made by Gilmer, Judge, at the August Term, 1886, of Robeson Superior Court. The plaintiffs are the heirs at law of Duncan McNair, deceased, who, in Januarj'', 1869, had executed a mortgage to one John McOallum, a copy of which is filed with the complaint. John McOallum died in 1871, leaving a will, with Alex. McRae and John L. McRae as executors, who duly qualified as such, and on March 9th, 1875, sold the land mentioned in the mortgage, at public auction, and executed a deed purporting to convey the land to the defendants. The plaintiffs…
1Opinion of the Court
Davis, J.,
(after stating the facts). The Code, §379, provides, that a receiver may be appointed: “ before judgment, on 1he application of either party, when he establishes • an. apparent right to property, which is the subject of the action, and which is in the possession of an adverse party, and the property or its rents and profits are in danger of being lost, or materially injured or impaired.”
The apparent right of the defendants to the property in this action, if it depended only upon the deed from the executors of John McCallum, would perhaps not warrant the order appointing a receiver,…
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