Applegarth v. Wagner

The bill was filed in this case to have a deed, executed February 8, 1893, by Win. H. Wells to Matilda B. Wagner, his sister, declared null and void. The day after the execution of the deed Wells and his partner, James L. Most, tradina as Most and Wells, made a deed of trust to Rufus W. Applegarth for the benefit of their creditors, and on the 6th day of March, 1893, a petition was filed by certain creditors of that firm, alleging that they had committed acts of insolvency within sixty days preceding the filing of the petition, contrary to the insolvent laws of the State. Among other grounds…