Whitley Grocery Co. v. Roach

Roach, as trustee for Bagley, a bankrupt, sued the-Whitley Grocery Company and the Bank of Southwestern Georgia, to recover certain personalty, or its value, which plaintiff alleged that Bagley, while insolvent, for the purpose of paying his past-due indebtedness to defendants, and with the intention, then known to them, of giving them a preference over his other creditors, had transferred to defendants within four months prior to the filing of the petition in bankruptcy against him. Upon the trial a. *919verdict was rendered for the plaintiff against the Whitley Grocery Company; it moved for a…