Hawkins v. Aldridge

— This is an appeal from an interlocutory order appointing a receiver pendente lite, without notice. The proceeding is ancillary to the principal action, which seems to sound in tort and seek a money judgment. When the petition for the appointment of the receiver was filed, the action had been pending for more than a year. The defendants had been served with process, were in court by counsel, and had filed numerous pleadings.

The complaint is too long to be made a part of the opinion. It is not verified. It alleges that, upon the death of Nathan B. Hawkins, certain of his heirs, including his…