Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Hinckley v. Gilman, Clinton, & Springfield Railroad
Hinckley v. Gilman, Clinton, & Springfield R.R., 94 U.S. 467 (1877)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1877-03-26
- Topic
- general
Mr. Chief Justice Waite delivered the opinion of the court. The motion to dismiss cannot be sustained. In Blossom v. Railroad Company, 1 Wall. 655, a bidder at a foreclosure sale was allowed to appeal, and in delivering the opinion of the court Mr.
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Headnotes
- Civil Procedure — Appellate Jurisdiction A person who, though having no prior interest in the litigation, becomes connected with the case during subsequent proceedings after a decree adjudicating rights between the original parties, may thereby be subjected to the jurisdiction of the court and rendered liable to its orders, and may likewise acquire rights in the subject matter of the litigation that the court is bound to protect; such a person may accordingly appeal from orders entered against him in those subsequent proceedings.
- Civil Procedure — Appeals by Court Officers A receiver who has been subjected to the jurisdiction of the court in proceedings for the settlement of his accounts, and thereby made liable to its orders and decrees, has the corresponding right to contest all claims made against him; for that purpose he occupies the position of a party to the suit, notwithstanding his status as an officer of the court, and after a final decree has been entered below he may take an appeal.
- Civil Procedure — Scope of Appeal Where a receiver appeals only from so much of the proceedings as relates to the settlement of his accounts, the appeal brings up for review nothing beyond those accounts; the title to the property and the possession under the sale cannot be affected, and all other matters may be finally closed in the court below in accordance with the decree, save only the distribution of the money claimed from the receiver.
delivered the opinion of the court.
The motion to dismiss cannot be sustained.
In Blossom v. Railroad Company, 1 Wall. 655, a bidder at a foreclosure sale was allowed to appeal, and in delivering the opinion of the court Mr. Justice Miller said: —
• “ It is certainly true that he cannot' appeal from the original decree of foreclosure, nor from any other order or decree of the court made prior to his bid. It, however, seems to be well settled, that, after a decree adjudicating certain rights between the parties to a suit, other, persons having no previous interest in the • litigation may become connected with the case in the course of the subsequent proeeedings„iu such a manner as to subject them to the jurisdiction of the court, and render them liable to its orders; and that they may in like manner acquire rights in regard to the subject-matter of the litigation, which the court is bound to protect.”
*469 This seems to us to be decisive of this motion. The receiver cannot and does not attempt to appeal from the decree of foreclosure, or from any order or decree of the court, except such as relates to the settlement of his accounts. To that extent he has been subjected to the jurisdiction of the court, and made liable to its orders and decrees. He has, therefore, the corresponding right to contend against all claims made against him. For this purpose he occupies the position of a party to the suit, although an officer of the court, and after the final decree below has the right to his appeal here. In this case, the final decree has been given, and the case is properly here upon the.appeal as prayed and allowed. This will not keep any thing in litigation but the receiver’s accounts. The title to the property and the possession under the sale cannot be in any manner affected. Every thing can be closed up in the court below, in accordance with the decree which has been entered in the cause, except the distribution of the money claimed from the receiver.
It will be time enough to consider whether more of the record has been brought here than is necessary to the hearing of the questions presented by the appeal when the cause is reached, or when application is made to us in that behalf.
Motion to dismiss denied.