Beachman v. Aurora Silver Plate Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Decatur, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. WilliaM H. SiMpsoN. . On the 10th of August, 1893, appellee filed a bill in the city court of Decatur against the appellants to subject to the payment of debts due it from J. S. Sugars & Co., certain goods alleged to have been fraudulently sold by J. S. Sugars & Co. to Robert Beachman.
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Appeal from the City Court of Decatur, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. WilliaM H. SiMpsoN. . On the 10th of August, 1893, appellee filed a bill in the city court of Decatur against the appellants to subject to the payment of debts due it from J. S. Sugars & Co., certain goods alleged to have been fraudulently sold by J. S. Sugars & Co. to Robert Beachman. The allegations of the bill are, that in January, 1890, Sugars & Co. transferred their stock of jewelry &c. to Robert Beach-man without any adequate consideration ,■ and that the purpose of said transfer was to hinder, delay and defraud the…
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
The record presents but a single question on the merits, and that is one of fact. To this counsel on both sides have mainly addressed their argument. The complainant, appellee here, is a judgment creditor of J. S. Sugars & Co., and filed its bill to hold the said Beachman as trustee ininvitum of certain merchandise which he purchased from said firm in alleged fraud of its creditors. The controversy turns upon the inquiry whether the goods, alleged to be fraudulently conveyed to him, were worth as much as $1,500, or only $1,200, at the time of the purchase. In a former suit of a like nature,…
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