Lee v. Powell Bros. & Sanders Co.

Citations

• 122 La. 639
• 48 So. 134
• 1909 La. LEXIS 597

Syllabus

<p>1. CORPORATIONS (§ 560*) — RECEIVERS — ACTIONS Against — Liability.</p> <p>Where two co-receivers -were sued by one of their employes for damages for personal injuries, and thereafter the corporation was substituted as sole defendant, and later the court retook the property and reappointed as receiver one of the original co-receivers, who qualified by giving bond, and was made a party defendant in his new capacity, held, that the original co-receivers having been eliminated from the suit, and not having again been made parties, no judgment can be rendered against them in the same action on the theory that their discharge was conditioned on the payment of all the debts of the receivership by the corporation.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Corporations, Cent. Dig. § 2259; Dec. Dig. § 560. *J</p> <p>2. Appeal and Error (§ 879*) — Parties Entitled TO xiLLEGE ERROR — PARTIES NOT Appealing.</p> <p>Defendants who do not appeal cannot avail themselves of an appeal taken by a codefendant. A judgment cannot be amended or reversed as between appellees.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Cent. Dig. § 3582; Dec. Dig. § 879.*]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>