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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
OF RECEIVERS GENERALLY.
Power of the court to appoint a receiver; and the utility
of such an officer. What is a receiver. His general
powers; and what property he can control. In what
stages of a cause a receiver may be appointed; the na-
ture and form of pleading necessary to sustain an appli-
cation; and orders of court affecting him. Who can
nominate a receiver. From what time he is to be con-
sidered as appointed.
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CHAPTER II.
WHERE A RECEIVER WILL NOT BE APPOINTED.
Against the legal estate or party in possession. Inadequacy
of price. Against a trustee having a power of sale to
pay debts. Pending the removal of a trustee. Corpora-
tion as trustees under an original grant. Executor being
poor. Executor generally. Tenant in common. Rates
and tolls not already imposed. Where a trustee mixes the
trust funds with his own moneys. Where a party has
delayed applying for a receiver. Will contesting in a
surrogate's court. Mortgagee in possession. Salaries
of public officers. Public office in litigation. Mortgage
not wholly due or security inadequate. As between de-
fendants. To enforce appearance from an absent defend-
ant. Where there is already a receiver. Stockholder
against a director. Danger of eviction. On defendant's
motion. Where admiralty is the proper forum.
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CHAPTER III.
WHO CANNOT OR OUGHT NOT TO BE RECEIVERS.
Officers acting under the United States.
Attorneys or solici-
tors interested; and, attorneys and solicitors generally.
Prochein ami. Officers of a corporation acting out of
their charter, etc. Mortgagee. Members of the legisla-
ture. Trustee. A party in the cause.
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CHAPTER IV.
GENERAL PRACTICE ON THE APPOINTING A RECEIVER.
Motion for a receiver. Order. Summons. Attachment where
a party does not attend before a referee or master. Pro-
ceedings on the reference. Receiver's own solicitor and
counsel. The effect of a receiver pendente lite. Remov-
ing a receiver from part of a larger property.
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CHAPTER V.
WHAT A RECEIVER MAY AND WHAT HE MAY NOT DO, WITHOUT
APPLYING TO THE COURT.
Renew a lease.
Give notice to
Ejectment. Repairs. Improvements. Pay out money. Lease
for any number of years. Let for a year.
Power to determine a subsisting lease.
quit. Distrain where more or less than a year's rent is
due. Become a tenant. Bring actions. Appoint an
agent. Carry on trade. Obtain a writ of assistance.
Have a sequestration where a party does not deliver over
property. Have an attachment against a person inter-
fering with the property in his custody. Sell bad debts.
Appeal. Apply for instructions. Proceeding against
another receiver. Cancel policies. Re-insure risks. Sell
timber. Bid on property. .
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CHAPTER VI.
CORPORATE BODY. BANK. INSURANCE COMPANY.
ASSOCIATION.
Corporation generally. Voluntary dissolution of a corpora-
tion; and practice in relation to it. Corporation sus-
pending business for a year. Charging directors, etc.,
and making them personally liable. Corporation not
paying taxes. Insurance companies rendered insolvent
by the great fire in New York. Corporation having a
judgment against them, with an execution unsatisfied;
and practice thereon. More particularly of banking and
insurance corporations. Banking or insurance company
becoming insolvent or violating its charter; and practice
in relation thereto. Receiver of a safety-fund bank pay-
ing its circulating notes. Where an execution on a judg-
ment against any corporation or joint-stock association
for banking purposes issuing bank notes or any kind of
paper credits after the first of January, 1850, has been
returned unsatisfied or could not be met (if issued).
Where a creditor of such corporation or association has
a demand exceeding $100, of which payment shall have
been refused. Where any one or more stockholders of
any such corporation or association, owning one tenth of
capital, applies for an order to declare the corporation
insolvent. Particular powers of receivers of mutual insu-
rance companies. Commissions to a receiver of a mutual
insurance company. Commissions to a receiver of a
bank. Religious congregation. Reference of claims
against receivers of insolvent corporations.
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