McKinster v. . Babcock

The chattel mortgage was in due form, and apparently valid. By the statute it was void if it was "made with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud creditors," and such intent would readily be found, if it was made upon no consideration. The defendant did not prove that the mortgage was without consideration, but simply that the mortgagor did not owe the plaintiff any money, and did not receive any money from him at the time the mortgage was made, thus contradicting the particular consideration recited or declared in the mortgage. He did not show, or propose to show, that the mortgage rested…