In re Wegman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, New York county. In the matter of the assignment of D. Wegman’s Sons, M. Angelo Elias, assignee, was adjudged to be in contempt for failing to obey an order to produce a ledger, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcLAUGHLIN, J.
In August, 1896, the firm of D. Wegman’s Sons made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors to M. Angelo Elias, the appellant herein. The assignee accepted the trust, gave the bond required, and entered upon the discharge of his duties. At and for about a year prior to the time of the assignment the assignors had employed one Appleton as a bookkeeper, and he continued to act in that capacity for the assignee for about two weeks after the assignment was made, during which time he had charge of the office and all the books and papers of the assignors. Shortly after the assignment, one…
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