Longmire v. Goode & Ulrick
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court at Claiborne, Heard before the Hon. M. J. Saeeold. The bill in this case was filed by the appellees, as creditors of William M. Longmire, on behalf of all the creditors who might come in and contribute to the expenses of the suit, against said W. M. Longmire, J. J. Longmire, Garrett Longmire, and Stanford Mims. Its object was to have a deed of trust, by which said Wm.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court at Claiborne, Heard before the Hon. M. J. Saeeold. The bill in this case was filed by the appellees, as creditors of William M. Longmire, on behalf of all the creditors who might come in and contribute to the expenses of the suit, against said W. M. Longmire, J. J. Longmire, Garrett Longmire, and Stanford Mims. Its object was to have a deed of trust, by which said Wm. M. Longmire conveyed certain real and personal property to J. J. Longmire, as trustee, for the security and indemnity of Garrett Long-mire and Mims against liability as sureties for Wm. M. Longmire…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The deed of conveyance from Wm. M. Longmire to John J. Longmire, dated November 18th, 1857, is a general assignment under section 1556 of the Code, if the grantor thereby conveyed substantially all the property which he held, subject to legal process from the courts of Alabama. This principle is too well settled to require more than a citation of our own decisions. — Holt v. Bancroft, 30 Ala. 193; Price v. Mazange, 31 Ala. 701; Warren v. Lee, 32 Ala. 440. This case, then, resolves itself into a question of fact.
[2.] The answers of the defendants, while they persistently deny that the deed is…
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