* Receiver *
RECEIVER - A person appointed by a court possessing jurisdiction to receive the rents and profits of land, or the profits or produce of other property in dispute.
The power of appointing a receiver is a discretionary power exercised by the court. The appointment is provisional, for the more speedy getting in of the estate in dispute, and scouring it for the benefit of such person as may be entitled to it, and does not affect the right.
The receiver is an officer of the court, and as such, responsible for good faith and reasonable diligence. When the property is lost or injured by any negligence or dishonest execution of the trust, he is liable in damages; but he is not, as of course, responsible because there has been an embezzlement or theft. He is bound to such ordinary diligence, as belongs to a prudent and honest discharge of his duties, and such as is required of all persons who receive compensation for their services.
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