Black v. Sullivan Timber Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Mobile Chancery Conti*. • Heard before Hon. Thos. H. Smith. Bill by John W. Black against the Sullivan Timber Company and others. From a decree annulling the appointment of a receiver of defendant company, and overruling a motion for the appointment of a receiver plaintiff appeals. The facts are sufficiently set out in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from Mobile Chancery Conti*. • Heard before Hon. Thos. H. Smith. Bill by John W. Black against the Sullivan Timber Company and others. From a decree annulling the appointment of a receiver of defendant company, and overruling a motion for the appointment of a receiver plaintiff appeals. The facts are sufficiently set out in the opinion of the court. Upon appeal from the register to the chancellor the trial is de novo and amendments to the bill are to be considered. — Moritz v. Miller, 87 Ala. 332; Smith v. Teague, 119 Ala. 300. It seems under the statute law of Fiorida, where the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
This bill was filed by the appellant, John W. Black, against the Sullivan Timber Company and several stockholders of the same, seeking the appointment of a receiver of the defendant company, a Florida corporation, but having all its property in Alabama. Upon the filing of the bill the the register appointed the complainant, as such receiver, without notice to the appellees. The order of the register, making the appointment, was appealed from, and upon such ap*330peal, the chancellor reversed and annulled the same, and also overruled and denied a motion, then made before him, for the appointment…
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