Hickman v. Perrin
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. At the April Term, 1867, David Campbell, as special Chancellor, dismissed complainant’s bill; from which decree he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJames O. Shackelford, J.
This bill was filed in the Chancery. Court at Nashville, against F. E. Perrin, and a part of his creditors. The facts necessary to be stated to understand the principles involved, are substantially as follows:
On the 13th of September, 1865, E. E. Perrin and C. A. Lewis were engaged in a drug business in the City of Nashville, under the name of Lewis, Perrin & Co. On that day, F. E. Perrin borrowed for the firm, of James G. Parkhurst, $2,080; to secure the payment, they executed a mortgage to the said Parkhurst, by which they sold and transferred their entire stock of drugs, medicines,…
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