Devoe v. Ithaca & Owego Rail Road
New York Court of Chancery
This was an application by a judgment creditor of a cor» potation, under the thirty-sixth section.of the article of the revised statutes relative to proceedings against corporations in equity, (2 R. S. 463,) for a sequestration of the stock and effects of the corporation, and for an injunction and receiver,
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor
decided that a sequestration ought not to be granted, or a receiver appointed ex parte, and without giving the corporation an opportunity to be heard. But upon filing of the petition, duly verified, showing the recovery of a-judgment against the corporation, and that the execution issu-' ed thereon to the proper county had been returned by the sheriff unsatisfied, the court directed an order to show cause, at a future day, why the prayer of the petition should not be granted; and that a copy of the petition and order should be served upon the proper officers of the corporation…
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