Ebersole v. Adams
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 18 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL EROME FLEMING CIRCUIT COURT. CITED 4 Peters, 203. 3 B. Mon. 403. CITED Bankruptcy Act of Congress of 1867. Act of March 10, 1856. Story’s Abr. Com. on Con., secs. 537, 538, 544. 2 Kent’s Commentaries, p. 390. 4 Wheat. 122, Sturges v. Crowninshield. 6 Wheat. 448, Gibbons v. Ogden. 5 Wheat. 34, 54, Houston v. Moore. 3 Story’s C. C. 453, Everett v. Stone. 2 Iredell, 463. 3 B. Mon. '401. 9 Met. (Mass.) 16, Griswold v, Pratt.
1Opinion of the Court
JJIDGE LINDSAY
delivered the opinion op the court.
The petition in this action was framed under the provisions of the act approved March 10, 1856, entitled “An act to prevent fraudulent assignments in trust for creditors and other fraudulent conveyances.” It is alleged that the conveyance-from Adams and wife to Kirk was made and executed in contemplation of insolvency, and with the design to prefer one or more creditors to the exclusion in whole or in..part of others ; and under the general prayer for relief the court is authorized 'to declare that said conveyance operated as an assignment and…
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