State ex rel. Red Dragon Diner, Inc. v. Superior Court of Marion County, No. 1
| Docket Nº | No. 1 |
| Citation | 239 Ind. 384, 158 N.E.2d 164 |
| Case Date | May 01, 1959 |
| Court | Supreme Court of Indiana |
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(an Indiana Corporation), Relator,
v.
SUPERIOR COURT OF MARION COUNTY, Indiana, Room No. 1, M.
Walter Bell, Judge of the Superior Court of Marion
County, Indiana, Room No. 1, Roy A.
Pope, Judge pro tem., Respondents.
[239 Ind. 385]
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John D. Raikos, Indianapolis, for relator.Joseph F. Quill and John G. McNutt, Indianapolis, for respondents.
Merle H. Miller, Donald F. Elliott, Jr., Indianapolis, amici curiae.
William R. Hunter, Winchester, for appellee. (Ross, McCord, Ice & Miller, Indianapolis, of counsel), amici curiae.
Buschmann, Krieg, DeVault & Alexander, Indianapolis, for General Grain, Inc.
ACHOR, Judge.
In this case the court appointed a receiver without notice, and relator has asked for a writ prohibiting respondents from taking any further action in said proceeding. A temporary writ has issued. Relator asserts among other things that the respondent court was without jurisdiction to appoint a receiver without notice for the reason that the complaint did not state facts which authorized the court to exercise this very extraordinary remedy.
Notice, giving a defendant opportunity to be informed regarding the nature of the action and reasonable opportunity to make a defense, is an essential element of due process. 1 Our statutes 2 which specifically limits the authority of the [239 Ind. 386] court to appoint receivers without notice is in implementation of the above constitutional guarantee. Therefore, although courts have general statutory 3 and inherent 4 authority to appoint receivers with notice, they now clearly have no authority to appoint receivers without notice, 'except upon sufficient cause shown by affidavit,' as now provided by statute. 5
This court has heretofore spelled out in specific terms the facts which must be stated and supported by affidavit in order to justify the appointment of a receiver without notice. And since the court looks only to the facts stated in the verified
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complaint in determining the necessity of dispensing with the giving of notice, the complaint must not only allege facts which support the plaintiff's right to the appointment of a receiver after notice, it must also state specific facts which establish the following ultimate facts: (1) That an emergency exists which renders interference necessary before there is time to give...To continue reading
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...the notice given a defendant must also give him an opportunity to make a defense. State ex rel. Red Dragon Diner v. Superior Ct. (1959), 239 Ind. 384, 158 N.E.2d 164. See also Smith v. Indiana State Board of Health (1973), 158 Ind.App. 445, 303 N.E.2d [180 Ind.App. 276] As the facts in the ......
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Perkins, Matter of, No. 3--474A60
...opportunity to make a defense, is an essential element of due process.' 1 State ex rel. Red Dragon Diner v. Superior Ct. (1959), 239 Ind. 384, at 385, 158 N.E.2d 164, at 165. See also: Mullane v. Central Hanover B. & T. Co. (1950), 339 U.S. 306, at 314, 70 S.Ct. 652, 94 L.Ed. 865, at 873, w......
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...process. [173 Ind.App. 556] See Falender v. Atkins (1917), 186 Ind. 455, 114 N.E. 965; State v. Superior Court of Marion County (1959), 239 Ind. 384, 158 N.E.2d This opportunity to be heard applies to third parties who are needed to adjudicate an issue, and whose rights might be adversely a......
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