Anniston Loan & Trust Co. v. Ward & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Anniston City Court. Heard before Hon. Jas. W. Lapsley. The facts are stated in the opinion. cited Lippin-cottv. Shaw Carriage Co., 34 Fed. Rep. 570; Dunpley v. Xleinsmith, 11 Wall. 610; Stout v. Stout, 77 Ind. 537. cited Morton v. N. 0. & S. R. R., 79 Ala. 590; Trustees v. Qreenough, 105 U. S/527; R. R. & B. Co. v. Pettus, 103 U. S. 116.
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The suit originally was a bill filed by Ward & Co. and others, general creditors of the An-niston Carriage Works, on behalf of themselves and ail other creditors of the Carriage Works, seeking to have a mortgage executed to the An-niston Loan & Trust Co. for its exclusive security, declared a general assignment enuring under the statute, (Code, § 1737), to the equal benefit of ail creditors. A decree was rendered declaring the mortgage a general assignment, and requiring the Loan & Trust Company to account for the moneys it had received from a sale of the property, which, on appeal to. this…
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