Fernald v. Spokane & British Columbia Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Citations

• 31 Wash. 219
• 71 P. 731
• 1903 Wash. LEXIS 610

Syllabus

<p>RECEIVERS-APPOINTMENT BY COURTS OP CONCURRENT JURISDICTION -EXCLUSIVE CONTROL BELONGS TO FIRST APPOINTEE.</p> <p>Where the superior court of one county has appointed a general receiver for an insolvent corporation with power to take possession and control all its property, it is error for the superior court of another county to appoint either the same or another person receiver for such corporation, even if done on the theory that the subsequent appointment was merely to extend the existing receivership to a foreclosure suit against the corporate property.</p>