Trenholm v. Miles
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Yazoo county. Hon. G-. Gr. Lyell, Chancellor. Suit by E. L. Trenholm, trustee, against Mary R. Miles. Prom a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. No brief of counsel on either side found in the record.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
This is a suit brought by appellant, E. L. Trenholm, trustee, administering the estate of C. L. King, bankrupt, against appellee, to recover the sum of sixteen thousand, eight hundred and eiglity-nine dollars and ninety cents, which he charges she accepted from the bankrupt with intent to receive a preference, and knowing that he was insolvent, and an extinguishment of an unsecured indebtedness due her by the bankrupt, contracted more than four months before his bankruptcy, which payment, so he alleges, enabled her to obtain a greater percentage of the debt due her than any other of the…
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