Advance Piece Dye Works, Inc. v. Zeller

Motion by plaintiff to punish the defendant for contempt of court upon the ground that he disposed of property during the pendency of a stay of execution granted at his request after the rendition of the verdict.

The action was commenced in November, 1931, against the defendant, who was then doing business under his own name. The trial occupied three days and was bitterly contested, resulting in a verdict by the jury on March 14, 1933, in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $1,719.18, and disallowing defendant’s counterclaim. Thereafter a stay of execution was granted to April 5,1933. During…