Phillips v. . Trezevant

The plaintiff in the motion, states on oath, that the defendant is fully able to pay off and discharge the judgment; that he has command of large sums of money, but has declared that none of it shall be applied in discharge of the recovery of the plaintiff; and that he has converted all his tangible property into money, or secretly and fraudulently disposed of it, to the end that he may defy the process of the Court and deprive the plaintiff of his recoveries, etc.

After argument, the motion was refused. The Statute of contempts, acts of 1868-'79, sec. 4, page 426, not altered by act of…