He also had a lucrative business acting as court-appointed receiver of bankrupt railroads.
He became its court-appointed receiver in 1891 and moved his family to Palestine.
He paid only $20,000, and Duke has since announced that it would turn the money over to a court-appointed receiver.
An insolvent fuel company is managed by a court-appointed receiver.
The first court-appointed receiver ran the building through 1990.
Late last year, an auction was conducted by a court-appointed receiver.
Last spring, the tenants learned that a court-appointed receiver had taken over the building and was demanding $950 in back rent from each of them.
The mall continues to operate with new management selected by a court-appointed receiver.
Freddie Mac, after putting the buildings into the hands of a court-appointed receiver, makes some improvements before trying to sell them again.
And a court-appointed receiver took over the cemetery's management in 1994 after state officials discovered financial improprieties.