Murray, Dibbrell & Co. v. Heard
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Butler. Heard before the Hon. John A. Foster. On January 10, 1891, Murray, Dibbrell & Co. and O’Bryan Brothers filed a bill of complaint against George P. Heard, A. A. Heard and W. L. Tillman, in which the complainants alleged that they were creditors of said George P. Heard; that on the 5th day of January, 1891, the said George P. Heard conveyed to his wife, A. A. Heard, certain lands, upon the recited consideration of $1,100, in payment of…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Butler. Heard before the Hon. John A. Foster. On January 10, 1891, Murray, Dibbrell & Co. and O’Bryan Brothers filed a bill of complaint against George P. Heard, A. A. Heard and W. L. Tillman, in which the complainants alleged that they were creditors of said George P. Heard; that on the 5th day of January, 1891, the said George P. Heard conveyed to his wife, A. A. Heard, certain lands, upon the recited consideration of $1,100, in payment of an alleged antecedent debt, due to her by the said George P. Heard ; that the said George P. Heard also conveyed to W.…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The appellants, creditors of-George *403P. Heard, filed the present bill in the chancery court, and sought to set aside and annul certain conveyances of land and a bill of sale executed by the debtor to Mrs. A. A. Heard and William Q,. Tillman, the former being the wife and the latter the brother-in-law of the debtor. There were separate conveyances and for separate property to each of the grantees. The proof shows that the claims of the complainants were bona Me, and in part were past due, before the execution of the several conveyances and bill of sale. The defense set up was that the property…
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