Legal Opinion

Reed v. Pelletier

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 15, 1859PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. This was a suit by attachment against Thomas A. Pelle-tier and John D. Pelletier. The affidavit charged that the defendants “ had fraudulently conveyed and assigned their property and effects so as to hinder and delay their creditors. There was a plea in abatement denying the truth of the affidavit.

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Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. This was a suit by attachment against Thomas A. Pelle-tier and John D. Pelletier. The affidavit charged that the defendants “ had fraudulently conveyed and assigned their property and effects so as to hinder and delay their creditors. There was a plea in abatement denying the truth of the affidavit. Upon the trial of the issue raised by this plea, the following facts, among others, appeared : Defendants, being indebted to the firm of Hugh Boyle & Co. in the sum of $1,737, executed a deed of trust conveying their stock in trade to a trustee to secure said…

1Opinion of the CourtRxchardsoN, Judge

Tlié plaintiffs sued out an attachment against the defendants on the ground that they had fraudulently conveyed or assigned their property so as to hinder, delay or defraud their creditors, and the defendants filed their plea in the nature of a plea in abatement traversing the truth of the affidavit. It appeared, on the trial of the issue made on the affidavit, that the defendants had made a deed of trust conveying their stock of goods in the store kept by them as merchant tailors for the purpose of securing an indebtedness to Hugh Boylo & Co., which contained a stipulation that the property…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stanley v. BunceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1858
  2. Brooks v. WimerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1855
  3. Bull v. SigersonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1856

3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Burgert v. BorchertSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
  2. Potter v. McDowellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1860
  3. Bullene v. BarrettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
  4. Landis v. McDonaldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1901
  5. State ex rel. Holliday v. BenoistSupreme Court of Missouri · 1866

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