Douglass Cotton Oil Co. v. Alabama MacHinery & Supply Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Geneva County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. Suit by the Alabama Machinery & Supply Company and others against the Douglass Cotton Oil Company and others. Decree for complainants, and defendants appeal. Bill to declare a sale or an assignment as a fraud upon creditors and to annul the same.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Geneva County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. Suit by the Alabama Machinery & Supply Company and others against the Douglass Cotton Oil Company and others. Decree for complainants, and defendants appeal. Bill to declare a sale or an assignment as a fraud upon creditors and to annul the same. The appellees, as simple contract creditors of the Samson Cotton Oil, Gin & Fertilizer Company, file their bill against that appellant company to set aside and annul a conveyance by the Samson Company to the Douglass Company of substantially all its property. Several insurance companies…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This bill is filed by the complainants [appellees here], as contract creditors of the Samson Cotton Oil, Gin & Fertilizer Company, against the appellant Douglass Cotton Oil Company, to avoid an alleged sale and conveyance of property by the debtor to the appellant on the ground that it was in fraud of their rights, and to subject the property to sale under decree of the court, for the payment of their claim, and for relief in other respects which will be hereafter noticed.
After several amendments were made to the bill, the appellants interposed demurrers to the bill in its several aspects,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Seals v. Robinson & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Kennedy v. First National BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Calhoun v. Hannan & MichaelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
- Hall & Farley, Trustees v. Alabama Terminal & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1904
- Mathews v. J. F. Carroll Merc. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1915
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