Case Name: FRANCISCO ANTONGIORGI Y FRANCESCHI v. MANUEL ZENO GANDIA ET AL.
Court: United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1906-03-28
Citations: 2 P.R. Fed. 35
Docket Number: No. 204
Parties: FRANCISCO ANTONGIORGI Y FRANCESCHI v. MANUEL ZENO GANDIA ET AL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Porto Rico Federal Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 35–37

Head Matter:
FRANCISCO ANTONGIORGI Y FRANCESCHI v. MANUEL ZENO GANDIA ET AL.
Ponce’,
Equity,
No. 204.
Where a suit in. equity attacks the genuineness and validity of a will under which certain executors aré claiming to act, arid.''upon an application for the appointment of a receiver, it is shown that- such executors are allowed by the local law to qualify without the giving of any bond, and that two of such executors are insolvent, while the third has only property much less in value than the money and disposable property which has, or shortly 'will, come into the custody of the executors, a receiver should be’ appointed to take charge of the testate estate pending the judicial determination of the genuineness or validity of the alleged will.
Order filed March 28, 1906.
Messrs, Pettingill, Leake, and Horton, solicitors for complainant.
Messrs. H. F. Hord and Wm. H. Hawkins, solicitors for defendants. ■ ■

Opinion:
McKeNNA, Judge,
delivered the following opinion:
This cause has been submitted on an application for the appointment :of a receiver pendente liter affidavits having been filed .by the complainant and the defendants. The parties have been heard at length by their respective solicitors, N., B. K. Pettingill making argument on behalf of the complainant, and Henry P. Hord that on behalf of defendants, and briefs have been filed.
The bill, which is verified, alleges that the defendants, Manuel Zeno Gandia, Angel Cesari; and Alejandro Frances chi, who are claiming' to act' as executors of the alleged last will of Angela Eranceschi, received from complainant $35,000 in cash belonging to said estate,, and will receive for the present cane crop belonging thereto $75,000 or $80,000 more; that they have given no bond as such executors, and that two of said executors, namely, Manuel Zeno y Gandia and Angel Cesari, are insolvent, and that the other remaining executor has! capital not exceeding $10,000. The allegation of insolvency is practically undenied by tbe affidavits filed on bebalf of defendants, as to said Manuel Zeno y Gandia and Angel Oesari, and tbe allegation as to tbe worth of said third executor, Alejandro Francesehi, is only denied by his own affidavit, in which he claims to be- worth from $35,000 to $40,000.
IJpon full consideration of the briefs and the affidavits filed, from which the foregoing facts are gathered, the court is of the opinion that a receiver should be appointed, who shall :duly qualify by taking oath and giving a bond in the sum of $10,000 for the faithful performance of his duties as receiver, and that the defendants Manuel Zeno Gandia, Angel Cesari, and Alejandro Francesehi should be required to deliver to said receiver-' all the assets and property delivered to them by said complainant, or which have been received by them from any other source' belonging to the estate of said Angela Francesehi. An order will be made appointing a receiver and defining his duties.