Smith v. Pattison

James L. Smith, on the fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, made application for the benefit. of the insolvent laws. On the first day of February following, John R. Pattison, his permanent trustee, filed a bill in equity against James H. Smith, for the purpose of setting aside a sale of goods and merchandise which had been made to him by the insolvent on the twenty-seventh day of December, eighteen hundred and nine.ty-five. It was alleged in the bill of complaint that the’sale was made with *343intent to hinder, delay and defraud the creditors of the vendor ; and that the…