Pinneo v. Hart
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. On June 26, 1854, the plaintiffs, members of the firm of Pinneo & Co., commenced a suit by attachment against Eugene Fribourg, and summoned the defendants Hart & Jecko as garnishees. As the ground -of attachment the plaintiffs charged that Fribourg had fraudulently concealed and disposed of his property and effects so as to hinder and delay his creditors. Fribourg filed a plea in the nature of a plea in abatement.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. On June 26, 1854, the plaintiffs, members of the firm of Pinneo & Co., commenced a suit by attachment against Eugene Fribourg, and summoned the defendants Hart & Jecko as garnishees. As the ground -of attachment the plaintiffs charged that Fribourg had fraudulently concealed and disposed of his property and effects so as to hinder and delay his creditors. Fribourg filed a plea in the nature of a plea in abatement. On the trial of the issue thus raised there was a verdict for plaintiffs. As between the plaintiffs and the garnishees the case turned…
1Opinion of the Court
Napton,. Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Where a debtor makes a general assignment of all his property for the benefit of all his creditors, we are unable to perceive any reason for disturbing this disposition of his property, upon an allegation that some of the claims in the list of preferred debts are fictitious, and that the assignee was aware of their fraudulent character. How can the participation of the assignee in the fraud contemplated by the debtor furnish any obstacle to the bona fide creditors, since the control invested by our statute in the court over the entire…
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