Fulk v. Gay, Trustee

The lower court sustained appellee’s motion to dismiss complaint of appellants asking for an accounting by appellee of what they alleged was a trust fund belonging to them. The ground of dismissal, asserted by appellee and sustained by the lower court, was that the controversy presented was one over which the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas had sole jurisdiction by reason of a bankruptcy proceeding theretofore instituted therein.

The sole question presented by this appeal is ’ whether the lower court was without jurisdiction by reason of this bankrrlptcy…