Spaulding v. Strang

I think the assignments made, or purporting to have been made, for the benefit of their creditors, by Bradner & Furman, on the 1st day of December, 1854, must be construed in connection with the previous agreement of the 16th November, between them and certain of their creditors, and that in deciding the question whether the assignments were and are fraudulent and void as to the plaintiff on their face, the agreement and the assignments must be looked upon as constituting one transaction or instrument. The assignment of the partnership property contains a recital in these words: “ Whereas the…