Sellers v. Hayes
Indiana Supreme Court
From Tipton Circuit Court; W. W. Mount, Judge. Action by Henry C. Sellers as trustee in bankruptcy of Eufus Laymon against tbe firm of Hayes & Hayes and the Farmers Bank of Frankfort. From a decree for defendants, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGillett, J.
Appellant, as trustee in bankruptcy of Eufus Laymon, brought this action against the appellees, Hayes & Hayes and the Farmers Bank of Frankfort, Indiana, to recover the value of a stock of merchandise. The attempt’ was to charge appellees, as trustees, on the theory that Laymon had fraudulently conveyed the stock to them, and that they had converted it to their own use. Two of the paragraphs of complaint seek to avoid the conveyance on the ground that' it was void under that subdivision of §67 of the bankruptcy law (30 Stat. at Large, 544) relative to conveyances made by the bankrupt within…
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