One lawsuit, seeking to force Joiner into involuntary receivership, had been filed in Dallas; if Joiner lost, all his leases might be thrown into the hands of a court-appointed receiver. Joiner tried to hide from process servers at the Hotel Adolphus, but a lawyer slipped a hundred-dollar bill to a bellboy, flushing Joiner out, then forcing him to attend a hearing on October 31. It was a confusing session, with Joiner’s attorney asking for a voluntary receivership, and by the time the judge gaveled it to a close a receiver had in fact been named, though Joiner retained control of his leases,
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