Adams v. Woods & Haskell
Citations
- 15 Cal. 206
Syllabus
<p>Generally a receiver can pay out nothing except on order of Court, but there are exceptions to the rule; nor will he be denied reimbursement in every case in which he neglects to obtain the order, especially in a Court of Equity.</p> <p>Where a receiver was authorized, by order of the Court appointing him, to prosecute suits for the recovery of assets of the estate he represents, and, certain important mercantile books belonging to such estate being lost, the receiver paid $1,127 for their recovery, without an order of Court; Held, that he was entitled to a credit for this sum as part of the necessary or appropriate expenditures of his office.</p>
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- a county board’s assertion of its powers over a railroad required to make tax returns to the State deprived the railroad of due process of law
- a county board's assertion of its powers over a railroad required to make tax returns to the State deprived the railroad of due process of law
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Judges: Baldwin
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