DePass v. Lowry

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice BeEase.

*389B. C. Adams, of York County, at some time not stated in the record, but prior to March 23, 1931, was adjudged a bankrupt in the United States Court for the Western District of South Carolina. Desiring to submit, under the bankruptcy laws, an offer of composition to his creditors, and to accomplish that purpose, he placed, on March 23, 1931, with his attorneys, Messrs. Hart & Moss, of York, the sum of $3,000.00.

On the day the money was received by them, Messrs. Hart & Moss deposited the amount to their account in the Loan &…