The appointment of a receiver over trust property requires a 'strong case' that the trust is in jeopardy, assessed by qualitative judgment, rather than the lower threshold of 'serious question to be tried' applicable to interlocutory injunctions. Cumulative factors including dissipation of trust funds on legal costs, denial of a beneficiary's entitlement, reluctance to provide accounting records, and treatment of trust assets as personal property can together establish a strong case for receivership even where individual factors might be insufficient.
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