Legal Opinion
Cromwell v. Skinner
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1933No. Nos. 662, 674PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
This suit is bottomed on a breach of trust by Cromwell and E. L. Graves. Graves departed the jurisdiction and could not be served. The bill was then dismissed against Cromwell, and the plaintiffs below brought it here on appeal. We held that Cromwell and Graves were co-trustees and jointly implicated in a breach of the trust, which rendered each liable for the acts of both; and reversed the action of the District Court in dismissing the bill against Cromwell. Skinner et al. v. Cromwell et al. (C. C. A.) 40 F.(2d) 241, 246. In our opinion we set forth the facts' that…
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