Samuel T. Pulliam and Others v. Edmund Christian, Assignee in Bankruptcy of William Allen
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United .States for Eastern Virginia. The circumstances of the ease axe stated in the opinion of the court. It was argued by Mr. Lyons, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Brooke and Mr. Myers, for the appellees. It is not deemed necessary to insert the arguments of counsel upon the merits, of the case.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United .States for Eastern Virginia. The circumstances of the ease axe stated in the opinion of the court. It was argued by Mr. Lyons, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Brooke and Mr. Myers, for the appellees. It is not deemed necessary to insert the arguments of counsel upon the merits, of the case. Mr. Lyons stated the case, and argued the preliminary question of jurisdiction, as follows. - Williaih Allen, of the city of Richmond, a merchant-tailor, being very much embarrassed in his affairs, though he believed himself solvent, on the 20th…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
• This is an appeal in chancery from the Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Virginia.
- This case arises under the bankrupt law. William Allen, a merchant-tailor in Richmond,, being embarrassed, conveyed his whole property to the plaintiffs, as trustees, to pay his debts. In the trust-deed he divides his creditors into two classes, the first of which was to be fully, paid before the. second received any thing. Shortly after this, he took the benefit of the bankrupt law. The assignee in bankruptcy filed his bill to impeach the above conveyance, as fraudulent under the bankrupt law.
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