Marshall v. Croom
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sumter. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. The bill in this case was filed on the 31st July, 1872, by Stephens Groom and others, judgment creditors of Matthew A. Marshall, against the said Matthew A. Marshall, and James B. Marshall and Mrs. Augusta M. Gere, who were his son and daughter ; and sought to set aside three deeds, by which said Matthew A. Marshall conveyed substantially all his property to his said son and daughter, on- the…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sumter. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. The bill in this case was filed on the 31st July, 1872, by Stephens Groom and others, judgment creditors of Matthew A. Marshall, against the said Matthew A. Marshall, and James B. Marshall and Mrs. Augusta M. Gere, who were his son and daughter ; and sought to set aside three deeds, by which said Matthew A. Marshall conveyed substantially all his property to his said son and daughter, on- the ground that they were executed with intent to hinder, delay, and defraud the creditors of the grantor. The complainants’…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
When this ease was before in this court, it had been submitted without evidence. It was decided here on the pleadings alone. The object of the bill was to set aside three conveyances, made by M. A. Marshall in 1867 ; two to his daughter, Mrs. Gere, and one to his son, J. B. Marshall. The bill was filed by creditors, whose claims were alleged to be older than the conveyances, and it charged that their said claims were reduced to judgment in 1871 and 1872 ; that the lands were sold at a grossly inadequate price ; that no money was in fact paid for the property, but that the conveyances were…
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