Breeding v. Ransom

This is a general creditors’ bill by the trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of L. M. Breeding seeking to have set aside and annulled a mortgage and deed executed by the bankrupt to his brother, E. D. Breeding. From a decree overruling demurrers to the bill as amended, respondent appeals.

The demurrer was interposed to the whole bill, and the assignments thereof, as well as argument of counsel for appellant, appear to rest upon the assumption that the bill seeks only the annulment of the mortgage which antedated the bankrupt’s indebtedness. But the bill seeks also to have set aside the deed…