Hornthall, Whitehead, Weissman & Co. v. Schonfeld
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court at Mobile. Heard before the lion. John A. Foster. The bill in this case was filed on the 7th December, 1883, by the several appellants, as creditors of Sigmund Vogel, deceased, against Mrs. Caroline Sehonfeld, Henry Bernstein, and others; and sought, principally, to set aside a conveyance of his stock of goods made by said Vogel to Mrs. Sehonfeld and said Bernstein, on the ground that it was fraudulent as against the complainants and other…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court at Mobile. Heard before the lion. John A. Foster. The bill in this case was filed on the 7th December, 1883, by the several appellants, as creditors of Sigmund Vogel, deceased, against Mrs. Caroline Sehonfeld, Henry Bernstein, and others; and sought, principally, to set aside a conveyance of his stock of goods made by said Vogel to Mrs. Sehonfeld and said Bernstein, on the ground that it was fraudulent as against the complainants and other creditors, to make the said defendants account for the proceeds of sale of such goods as they had disposed of, and to have…
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERVILLE, J.-
The main purpose of the bill is to set aside, as fraudulent, the transfer of a stock of merchandise made by one Vogel to the defendants, Bernstein and Schonfeld, and by them subsequently sold to one Spira. Two other transfers made by Vogel about the same time are also attacked; but the principle involved in each transaction being the same, we propose to confine our discussion chiefly to the first mentioned.
The theory of the bill is, that Vogel, being insolvent, purchased a considerable portion of this stock of merchandise from the complainants, under the false pretense of being…
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- Spira v. Hornthall, Whitehead, Weissman & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1884
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