Reed v. Mellor
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The assignment from Mellor to Primm was a conveyance of goods and chattels, in trust, to the use of Mellor, and was void as to appellant, his creditor. — Wag.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The assignment from Mellor to Primm was a conveyance of goods and chattels, in trust, to the use of Mellor, and was void as to appellant, his creditor. — Wag. Stat. 279, sec. 1. And such trust appearing upon the face of the paper, the court should, as a matter of law, have declared it void. — Robertson v. Robarás, 15 Mo. 459 ; Oates v. Labeaume, 19 Mo. 17; Brooks v. Wimer, 20 Mo. 503 ;: Walter v. Wimer, 24 Mo. 63 ; Stanley v. Bunce, 27 Mo. 269 ; Hall v. Webb, 28 Mo. 408 ; Johnson v. McAllister, 30 Mo. 327 ; Rotter v. McDowell, 31 Mo. 62; The State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
This is an interplea in an attachment suit. Reed sued Mellor by attachment to recover $11,274, and summoned McDonough as garnishee, on September 16. On October 11, the garnishee answered the interrogatories filed, admitting that he had in his possession $887 cash, a piece of gold *569bullion, a watch and chain, and other trinkets belonging to defendant. He was ordered to turn this property over to the sheriff, and did so, on October 16, and was discharged. On October 19, Wilson Primm, with other counsel, filed an answer for Mellor in the attachment suit; and, on November 3, Primm filed his bill…
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