Blythe v. Thomas

The record and testimony in this ease are voluminous, and so much only will be referred to as may be necessary to understand the questions involved in it. William M. Thomas was adjudicated a bankrupt on his own petition on 3d February, 1871, and has not yet been discharged. A. Blythe was appointed his assignee in February, 3 871, and qualified as such 31st August, 1871. This case comes up in this way: William M. Thomas was the owner and holder of a sealed note of Mary Raymond, dated 25th August, 1868, for $7,000, secured by a mortgage of a lot of land in Greenville, S. C. He began proceedings…