Wilson v. Harris
Montana Supreme Court
On rehearing. Statement of the facts by the justice delivering the opinion. Creditors’ bill to • avoid an assignment for the benefit of creditors made by Bathsheba Harris to Moses Morris. Bathsheba Harris on December 14, 1891, made a general assignment for the benefit of her creditors, with preferences declared in favor of certain creditors, among whom were her daughter, Annie Harris, and her daughter-in-law, Sarah S. Harris, wife of Ben E. Harris.
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On rehearing. Statement of the facts by the justice delivering the opinion. Creditors’ bill to • avoid an assignment for the benefit of creditors made by Bathsheba Harris to Moses Morris. Bathsheba Harris on December 14, 1891, made a general assignment for the benefit of her creditors, with preferences declared in favor of certain creditors, among whom were her daughter, Annie Harris, and her daughter-in-law, Sarah S. Harris, wife of Ben E. Harris. From September, 1884, to October, 1891, the assignor conducted a clothing business, through the agency and management of her son, Ben E. Harris,…
1Opinion of the CourtPigoix, J.
Defendants specify 93 errors of law, and 34 particulars in which the evidence is claimed to be insufficient to justify the findings. Many of the questions presented are difficult of solution, and have received from us the painstaking examination and attentive consideration which their importance demands.
1. The first error assigned is the action of the court in overruling defendants’ objection to the introduction of any evidence. It is contended that the complaint is fatally defect*385ive because it omits to charge the insolvency of Bathsheba Harris, and her lack of property other than that…
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