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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-8-4. Caution to be exercised in appointing receiver.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-8-4. Caution to be exercised in appointing receiver.

The power of appointing receivers should be prudently and cautiously exercised and except in clear and urgent cases should not be resorted to.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 4902; Civil Code 1910, § 5477; Code 1933, § 55-303.

## History of Section.

The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Tumlin v. Vanhorn, 77 Ga. 315, 3 S.E. 264 (1887).