124 Ga. 557 | Ga. | 1905
(After stating the foregoing facts.) A motion was made by the defendants in error to dismiss the bill of exceptions on
1. The receiver was, indeed, an officer of court, but he was appointed for the express purpose of representing not only the defunct bank, but also all of its creditors and stockholders. It was within the discretion of the court to permit its receiver to be sued. Weslosky v. Quarterman, 123 Ga. 312. When he was called on, by order of the court, to show cause why the prayers of the petition filed by the plaintiff bank should not be granted, he became a party defendant to the action, and it was his duty to defend it in behalf of all those of whom he was the duly appointed representative. Not only did he have a right to present his defense, but the very purpose of bringing him before the court as a party defendant was that he might urge any defensive matter to the suit which the creditors or other persons interested in the proper administration of the affairs of the defunct bank could urge if themselves made parties defendant. Unless life represented them in the litigation, it would be necessary to bring all of them before the court; else any judgment rendered therein would not conclude or be binding upon them. It was through the receiver that these interested parties had to resist the granting of the relief sought by the plaintiff; and the judgment being adverse to him, it was his right and duty, as their representative, to except thereto, if he or any of them was not satisfied therewith. Their right of review by the Supreme Court was certainly not cut off merely because he was an officer of court and was, under ordinary circumstances, subject to its orders without question.
Judgment affirmed.