Cotting v. Berry

This is an equitable action to trace trust funds, which belong- to an estate of which plaintiff is trustee, and which were misappropriated by a former trustee, and to impress a lien therefor upon the assets of an insolvent bankrupt estate which, it is claimed, was thereby augmented. The judgment was against plaintiff, and he has appealed. A brief recital of the story of financial operations disclosed by the record, unusual and interesting, will tend to elucidate the material issues involved. Charles F. Berry, of the city of Boston, was a trustee of a number of estates, including that of…