Miller v. Shriver
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 15, May T., 1900, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Adams Co., April T., 1900, No. 1, dismissing bill in equity in case of Pius A. Miller, J. L. Butt and John B. McPherson, Trustees, v. David R. Shriver. Bill in equity to cancel a deed. From the record it appeared that on March 25, 1899, E. A. Weaver executed a deed of conveyance absolute on its face of all his real estate to David R. Shriver.
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Appeal, No. 15, May T., 1900, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Adams Co., April T., 1900, No. 1, dismissing bill in equity in case of Pius A. Miller, J. L. Butt and John B. McPherson, Trustees, v. David R. Shriver. Bill in equity to cancel a deed. From the record it appeared that on March 25, 1899, E. A. Weaver executed a deed of conveyance absolute on its face of all his real estate to David R. Shriver. At the time of the conveyance Weaver was largely indebted to Shriver upon judgments and upon notes given by Weaver upon which Shriver was either surety or indorser. By a contemporaneous…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Fell,
The conveyance which the court was asked to set aside on the ground that it was invalid under the law of this state and under the federal bankruptcy act of 1898 was made by a debtor to his creditor for. an admittedly adequate consideration, and without an intent to hinder or defraud other creditors. The good faith of the transaction was not attacked. The only ground of invalidity alleged in the bill is that the conveyance was made with the intent to prefer certain creditors. '
*195Under our decisions the preference was lawful. The Act of April 17, 1843, P. L. 273,…
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