In re Schlesinger

Citations

• 102 F. 117
• 42 C.C.A. 207
• 1900 U.S. App. LEXIS 4526

Syllabus

<p>1. Bankruptcy — Requiring- Bankrupt to Surrender Property — Contempt.</p> <p>A court of bankruptcy has power and .Jurisdiction to make an order, after due hearing of the parties, requiring the bankrupt to pay or deliver to his trustee in bankruptcy a sum of money found to be in his possession or control, and constituting assets of his estate in bankruptcy, and which he has not surrendered or accounted for, and to enforce his obedience to such order by commitment as for contempt.</p> <p>S. Same; — Imprisonment por Dhbt.</p> <p>Such an order is not a judgment or order for the payment of a debt, and commitment of the party to compel his obedience thereto is not imprisonment for debt, within the'meaning of Rev. St. § 990, providing that no persoñ shall be imprisoned for debt on process issuing from a court of the United States in any sta te where, by the local law, imprisonment for debt has been or shall be abolished.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>