Wood v. Weir & Sayre

Weir exhibited his bill in chancery, prepared by Sayre as his attorney, against Wood, his debtor, and principal in several liabilities, amounting in the aggregate to near $4,000, under the statutes of 1828 and 1838, (2 Statute Laws, 1441,) and (3 Slat. Laws, 116,) in which Wood is charged with a fraudulent intention to remove himself and estate, consisting of a house and lot in Lexington, and slaves and other personalties, or sell and dispose of the same to the injury, loss, &c. of Weir, and prayed that “Wood might be enjoined and restrained from removing himself or his effects from the…