Thomson v. Hester
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hinds County. Hon. E. G-. Peyton, Chancellor. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hinds County. Hon. E. G-. Peyton, Chancellor. The facts appear in the opinion of the court. Two questions are presented by the record for adjudication : 1. Is the complainant, Thomson, a creditor whose debt was existing at the time of the conveyance. 2. Were the conveyances fraudulent? An examination of the evidence will show that these two questions become merged into one, for the complainant asserts that the alleged payment of his debt, set up by the defendant, was really but a part of a scheme conceived by the defendants for the purpose of defrauding him.…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
On March 20, 1869, William Hester, being insolvent, and intending to prefer certain creditors, conveyed to L. K. Barber, by a conveyance absolute upon its face, and for the. nominal consideration of $31,000, all the property of which he was possessed, consisting of a plantation in Hinds County and another in Madison, with all the personal property on each, embracing large numbers of horses, cattle, etc., together with an undivided interest in large bodies of wild land in Adams, Yazoo, and Sunflower Counties in this state, and in the parish of East Feliciana, Louisiana.
The conveyance was made…
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