Stewart v. English

Bill in chancery. The object of this suit was to reach certain property alleged to have been transferred by Robert English, with the intent to hinder and delay the plaintiffs from the collection of a judgment at *177law. The material facts, as they appear by the bill of complaint, answers, exhibits and depositions, are these:

In July, 1849, English bought of the plaintiffs, then merchants in the city of New-York, a stock of goods worth 8,780 dollars, for which he executed to them his promissory note, payable in six months. When this note was given, it was verbally agreed between the parties, that…