Mercantile National Bank v. Stein

1. The Mercantile National Bank of Savannah instituted, an equitable suit against J. Stein and his wife, Pauline Stein, to recover a personal judgment against the husband for an amount alleged to be due by him to the bank, and to cancel a deed executed by the husband to the wife. The deed was alleged to be void as against creditors, upon two grounds: (a) That it was made in order to hinder, delay, and defraud creditors and avoid paying the indebtedness due to the petitioner, (b) That it was a mere voluntary deed by the husband, the effect of which was to render him insolvent. The judge…