Court Opinion

ID: 5318386
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-08 04:20:58.541009+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:29:17.918157
License: Public Domain

Crouch and Taylor, JJ. (dissenting).
We think the part of the order appealed from in each action should be modified by requiring the plaintiff instead of the defendants to pay the specified amounts to the receiver and to his attorney; such modification and the payment made pursuant thereto to be upon the express condition, however, that in the event of final judgment in the action being rendered in favor of plaintiff, plaintiff shall recover from the defendants the amount so paid with interest from the date of payment and may include said amount in the final judgment and have execution therefor. There seems to be no good reason why the receiver and his attorney should not be paid now. In the absence of a fund which might be charged with such payment, the party against whom the final judgment goes is ordinarily required to pay. Pending finality, the court may make such temporary disposition of the matter as is just and fair in the particular case. The collection of final judgments in favor of plaintiffs here is assured by the deposit of a large sum in securities owned by defendants. In the event of final success they are sure of reimbursement. If, however, final judgment should go the other way, defendants are not thus protected. Under such circumstances plaintiffs may fairly be called upon to make the advance.