Cummings v. Synnott
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In the matter of John E. Cummings, bankrupt. On petition to revise an order requiring- the bankrupt to pay over a sum of money to his trustee, Clayton E. Synnott.
1Opinion of the Court
LANNING, Circuit Judge.
After taking a very large amount of testimony and employing the services of an expert accountant, the referee in bankruptcy found that John E. Cummings, the bankrupt, at the time of his adjudication, which was in a voluntary case, had in his hands or under his control the sum of $(>9,317.44, for which he had failed to account to his trustee. Accordingly, on November 18, 1909, the referee made an order directing Cummings to pay that sum forthwith to his trustee. The order was carried to the District Court on a petition to review, and ori February 21, 1910, that court…
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