Fass & Wolper, Inc. v. Burns

This is a motion to punish the defendant Burns and his attorney for contempt of court.

It appears that, after the rendition of a verdict for plaintiff, counsel for defendant Burns, in his presence, requested the usual thirty days’ stay of execution' and sixty days to make a case. The motion was granted without objection and without the imposition of any express condition. Thereafter, defendant made an assigniment for the benefit of creditors. The question is whether, under *431the circumstances, the making of the assigmnent constitutes a contempt of court.

It is well settled that, although a…