Legal Opinion
In re Gant
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided August 24, 1931PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYES, District Judge.
The bankrupt was clerk of the superior court of Guilford county from 1913 to 1930. During this period he misappropriated approximately $450,000 of funds which came into his possession under color or by virtue of his office. A. Wayland Cooke, on October 9, 1930, was appointed and qualified as his successor. C. S. § 943 provides: “Immediately after he has given bond and qualified, the clerk shall receive from the late clerk of the superior court all the records, books, papers, moneys and property of his office, and give receipts for the same, and if any clerk refuses or…
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