In re Dickens
District Court, S.D. Alabama
In the matter of C. C. Dickens, bankrupt. On review of order of referee, and petition of trustee for an order adjudging°the bankrupt in contempt. On a referee’s order requiring the bankrupt to turn over to the trustee $20,000, and to deliver to him a large number of bonds, the trustee applies for an order committing the bankrupt for contempt for failing to comply with the referee’s said order.
1Opinion of the Court
TOULMIN, District Judge.
This matter comes on to be heard upon a review of the said order of the referee, and also upon his certificate of the bankrupt’s failure to comply with the order, and upon *809the application of the trustee that the bankrupt be committed for contempt for such failure.
The Court of Appeals of this circuit in Samel v. Dodd, 142 Fed. 68, 73 C. C. A. 254, in speaking of a summary proceeding of this nature, which is invoked for the purpose of bringing within the reach and control of the bankruptcy court specific property alleged to be in'the possession of the bankrupt, and by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Boyd v. GlucklichCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- Samel v. DoddCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1906
- In re MizeDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1909
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- Contemporary Apparel, Inc. v. ScheckCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- O'Connell v. ScheckCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Stuart v. ReynoldsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1913