Ernest v. Miller

How later courts describe this case

• narrowing meaning of “lewd, obscene or indecent sexual proposals” to include only “sodomy, indecent exposure or, in the case of sexual proposals addressed to children, to perform some sexual act”
• trustee of creditor's trust in bankrupt corporation surcharged for bookkeeper's defalcations, which trustee negligently failed to discover
• trustee may not delegate duties for which he is responsible
• “[B]y acting in his official capacity the trustee does not incur a personal liability as does the trustee of an express trust.... The bankruptcy trustee acts as the representative of a separate entity, the estate; he obligates this entity. ...”
• fees assessed against trustee of a creditor’s trust