Morrison v. Blake

Citations

• 33 Pa. Super. 290
• 1907 Pa. Super. LEXIS 283

Syllabus

<p>Statute of limitations — Trusts and trustees — Demand.</p> <p>Where a person receives the money of another and holds it in trust for his principal, the statute of limitations does not begin to run in favor of the person receiving the money until he assumes an attitude hostile to his principal's right, and indicates that his disposition of the money is no longer responsive to his principal's will.</p> <p>Contempt of court — Attachment execution — Trust moneys.</p> <p>Where a person has been attached for contempt of court for failure to pay over trust moneys, he cannot purge himself of contempt by alleging that the fund had been attached in his hands, without going further and showing that he had answered interrogatories admitting that he held the fund.</p> <p>A person attached for contempt for not paying over trust moneys cannot purge himself by alleging poverty.</p> <p>A person attached for contempt of court for failure to pay over trust moneys cannot protect himself from imprisonment by claiming the benefit of the Act of July 12, 1842, P. L. 339, abolishing imprisonment for debt.</p>