Carson v. Hawley
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Pine county against defendant as sheriff of said county to recover $5,000 damages for conversion. The case was tried before Crosby, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of .plaintiff for $102. From an order denying a motion for a new trial; plaintiff appealed. A conveyance is not fraudulent as against creditors which prefers creditors.
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Action in the district court for Pine county against defendant as sheriff of said county to recover $5,000 damages for conversion. The case was tried before Crosby, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of .plaintiff for $102. From an order denying a motion for a new trial; plaintiff appealed. A conveyance is not fraudulent as against creditors which prefers creditors. Smith v. Deidrick, 30 Minn. 60; Berry v. O’Connor, 33 Minn. 29; Bannon v. Bowler, 34 Minn. 416; Dow .v. Sutphin, 47 Minn. 479. The intent to move upon the farm and establish thereby a homestead exemption so that the…
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
N. A. Crittenden, a merchant at Pine City, having a stock of merchandise, consisting of clothing, furnishing goods, boots, and shoes, of the value of $7,000, was hopelessly insolvent. Among his creditors was the R. P. Smith & Sons Company, of Chicago, which held a claim against him for $679 then overdue. A general agent of the Smith Company (J. P. McMannis) called upon the debtor to secure payment. Crittenden was unable to meet this demand, and McMannis, according to the testimony of Crittenden, then proposed that the latter should sell his entire stock to a purchaser whom the Smith Company…
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