Meriden Brittannia Co. v. F. D. Johnson & Sons

By Judge J. Singleton Diggs

This is a suit in equity, brought under § 2460 of the Code of 1887, by the Meriden Brittannia Company, a creditor of F. D. Johnson & Sons, seeking to set aside a general deed of assignment made by said firm, conveying all the partnership assets to A. R. Long, trustee, in trust to pay the partnership debts. Sundry other creditors have come in by petition as parties plaintiff, but for convenience the said Company will be alluded to as the plaintiff.

The deed in question was executed and recorded April 21, 1893, and the suit was brought to the May Rules. The deed makes…