Legal Opinion

Barton v. Geiler

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 26, 1883No. 188PublishedCited by 5 opinions

IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite

This was a suit in equity brought in a State court of, Tennessee by Barton, as assignee in bankruptcy of Kessler & Har- mon, to set aside a conveyance made by Kessler, one of tbe bankrupts, to Geiler, and the only question presented by the writ of error is, whether upon the testimony embodied in the record and considered by the Supreme Court of Tennessee in the determination of the cause, it should have been found that the conveyance was in fraud, of the bankrupt law. The question is entirely one of fact. There can be no dispute about the law. It is sufficient to say that, after a careful…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Torrence v. SheddSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Rector v. City Deposit Bank Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. Red River Cattle Co. v. NeedhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. McKenna v. SimpsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  5. Stauffer v. McLain Trucking, Inc.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1948

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