In re Graning
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. In the matter of Charles T. Craning and another, individually and as copartners doing business under the firm name of Graning & Well-man, bankrupts. A motion of John R. Powers, trustee, for an order adjudging the bankrupts in contempt was denied, and the trustee files a petition to revise.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order denying the trustee’s motion for an order adjudging the bankrupts in contempt for not restoring to the estate $1,975 alleged to have been fraudulently taken and concealed by the bankrupts. The referee had previously decided that the money should be returned upon the ground that the proof was insufficient to show that the bankrupts were not in possession of the money when the petition was filed.
[1,2] Briefly, these are the facts. About two weeks before the petition was filed in bankruptcy the bankrupts received a check for $2,000. This was on…
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