Court Opinion

ID: 9517854
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 00:35:09.054872+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:18:52.183923
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NIX, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I agree with the majority that appellant Daniels’ claim that the court of common pleas lacked in personam jurisdiction over him was not timely raised and is therefore waived. Tops Apparel Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Rothman, 430 Pa. 583, 244 A.2d 436 (1968); Crown Construction Co. v. Newfoundland American Ins. Co., Ltd., 429 Pa. 119, 239 A.2d 452 (1968); Yentzer v. Taylor Wine Co., 409 *528Pa. 338, 186 A.2d 396 (1962); Johnson Adoption Case, 399 Pa. 624, 161 A.2d 358 (1960); Hauger v. Hauger, 376 Pa. 216, 101 A.2d 632 (1954); Ciammaichella Appeal, 369 Pa. 278, 85 A.2d 406 (1952); see Pa.R.C.P. 1017(b), 1032, 1501, 1509.
I also agree that the Superior Court’s holding that a bond was required as a prerequisite to the issuance of the trial court’s September 22, 1982 order must be reversed. Contrary to the Superior Court’s unsupported conclusion that the challenged order was a preliminary injunction, the trial court’s action amounted to no more than a modification of the original receivership necessitated by circumstances which came to light following its May 25, 1982 approval of the settlement agreements. Since the order was not issued ex parte, no bond was required under Pa.R.C.P. 1533(a).
The bond requirements of Pa.R.C.P. 1531, which governs injunctions, clearly have no applicability in the instant case. While it is true that the appointment of a receiver has an injunctive effect, Schipper Brothers Coal Mining Co. v. Economy Domestic Coal Co., 277 Pa. 356, 121 A. 193 (1923); Jones v. Weir, 217 Pa. 321, 66 A. 550 (1907); Treat v. Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Co., 199 Pa. 326, 49 A. 84 (1901); Schlecht’s Appeal, 60 Pa. 172 (1869); Gravenstine’s Appeal, 49 Pa. 310 (1865), receivership is a distinct form of equitable relief for which specific provision is made under our rules. Pa.R.C.P. 1533. Historically, receivership has been viewed as an appropriate prophylactic device in cases where the apportionment of partnership assets is at issue. See, e.g., Waddell v. Shriber, 465 Pa. 20, 348 A.2d 96 (1975); Herrick v. Caldwell, 382 Pa. 128, 114 A.2d 130 (1955); Sellers v. Hanratty, 343 Pa. 316, 22 A.2d 697 (1941); Moyn v. Rose, 245 Pa. 601, 92 A. 39 (1914); Jones v. Weir, supra; Sloan v. Moore, 37 Pa. 217 (1860). A receiver may be appointed upon a showing that such relief is necessary to ensure that the partnership assets will not be dissipated during the pendency of the proceedings. Waddell v. Shriber, supra; Sellers v. Hanratty, supra; Fox v. Curtis, supra; Sloan v. Moore, supra; see also *529Northampton National Bank of Easton v. Piscanio, 475 Pa. 57, 379 A.2d 870 (1977); Credit Alliance Corp. v. Philadelphia Minit-Man Car Wash Corp., 450 Pa. 367, 301 A.2d 816 (1973). Each of the escrow arrangements ordered by the trial court was issued for that purpose, and is properly characterized as a receivership. There is no basis for the assertion that the September 22, 1982 order, unlike prior orders entered in this matter, constituted a preliminary injunction bringing into play the provisions of rule 1531.