Simpson v. Payne

John W. Payne, the appellee, as assignee of Luke B. Cogswell, sued Arthur J. Simpson and John R. Simpson, the appellants, on a promissory note, in the court below.

The appellants answered, that one Luke B. Cogswell, *432finding himself in failing circumstances, conveyed to the appellee several tracts of land, together with certain personal property, to be sold and disposed of for the payment of his, said Cogswell’s, debts, thereby constituting the appellee an assignee for the settlement of the estate of the said Cogswell; that, although the said Cogswell was, at the time, a married man, his wife…