Voorhies v. Frisbie
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Clinton Circuit.
1Opinion of the Court
'Campbell, J.
The bill in this cause was filed by an assignee in bankruptcy, to set aside a conveyance alleged to have been made by the bankrupt in fraud of the bankruptcy. By some apparent misunderstanding, the defendants’ default was taken, ■•and the circuit court, acting within a discretion which we ■cannot review, refused to open it. The case, therefore, comes before us. on the sufficiency of the bill.
■ The bill would be fatally defective under any circumstances not dependent on the bankruptcy proceedings. It •is not only entirely lacking in direct allegations which would make out a fraud…
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