Bank of Marlinton v. McLaughlin

Maxwell, Judge:

The sole question herein for decision is the sufficiency of an amended bill to which the trial chancellor sustained a demurrer, and certified to this court the queries whether the plaintiff has presented a cause for equity cognizance, and whether laches appears from the allegations of the amended bill, barring the plaintiff from the right to prosecute this suit.

The proceeding is based on Code, 40-1-1, which condemns conveyances or charges upon real or personal property executed with intent to delay, hinder, or defraud creditors. The object of the suit is to cancel and set aside…