D. Ginsberg & Sons, Inc. v. Popkin

The district court in the eastern district of New York adjudged the Foster Construction Corporation a bankrupt, and in June, 1930, a trustee was appointed. Respondent was president and petitioner was a creditor of the corporation. December 4, 1930, petitioner presented to one of the judges in the southern district of New York a petition, the brief substance of which follows:

In 1929, about the time the petition in bankruptcy was filed, respondent withdrew, and has failed to account for, a large- amount of cash belonging to the corporation. He fled to Canada in order to avoid examination and…