Bedford v. Penny

July 8, 1881, E. E. Starkweather & Co., who were engaged in the hardware trade at Port Huron, Michigan, sold their stock to the plaintiff. Pratt & Co., creditors of Starkweather & Co., attached the goods in question in this suit as the property of Stark-weather & Co., *425claiming the sale to plaintiff to be fraudulent, as being made with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud their creditors in the collection of their debts. The plaintiff brought replevin for the property against the defendant who held it as deputy sheriff of St. Clair county under the attachment aforesaid. Plaintiff, previous…