James v. Powell

Plaintiff judgment creditor moved to punish the judgment debtor for contempt for a willful failure to obey a subpoena in supplementary proceedings. As the long and ugly record in this matter shows, this failure to obey is consistent with the debtor’s cynical refusal to honor his own promises together with a total disregard of any and all process that has *296been served upon Mm. However, much as this conduct may be deplored, if, upon this particular application, he acted within his rights, he is not subject to sanction. On the other hand, if his conduct is not legally excusable, it is time for…