Edmunds v. Hill

This is an action of replevin. The plaintiff claimed title to the property under a bill of sale given to him by his son, John E. Edmunds, and dated August 4, 1876, which was asserted by the defendant to be fraudulent, and intended to prevent the property from being attached by the creditors of John E. In order to maintain this, he was permitted to show that the property remained in the possession of John E.; that the plaintiff exercised no ownership over it; that when attached as the property of John E. the plaintiff receipted for it; and that, when sold by the officer, the plaintiff made no…