Clay v. Waters
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to and Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southwestern Division of the-Western District of Missouri. Action by W. H. Waters, trustee in bankruptcy, against George R. Clay and others. From a judgment finding defendant George R. Clay guilty of contempt, he brings error and also appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
George R. Clay, who will be called the “defendant,” assails by writ of error and by appeal the judgment of the District Court that he is guilty of contempt of that court and that he be imprisoned for a period of 10 months unless before the expiration of that time he accounts for and pays over to W. H. Waters, trustee of the estate of Robert Boatright, a bankrupt, the proceeds of certain property converted by the defendant to his use after the institution of a suit against him for that property in the court below. At the threshold of this case there is a motion by the…
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