Silverman v. Seneca Realty Co.

This is a motion to punish Henry Vogt, Glen W. Thomas, Robert Dowling, Albert R. Palmer and William Huck, Jr., for contempt of court. The plaintiff herein, trustee in bankruptcy of L. P. Hollander & Co., Inc., sought to recover from the defendants the sum of $75,000, together with interest, which sum represented the bankrupt’s deposit on a lease. After trial the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff against both defendants in the sum of $84,320. An examination of the minutes of the trial discloses that immediately after the rendition of the verdict the following conversation took place…