Groetter, Weil & Co. v. Norman Bros.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried, before the Hon. Thomas M. Arrington. The bill in this case was prosecuted by the complainant in the court below from a decree refusing the relief prayed for in the bill, and sustaining the conveyance which is attacked as fradulent. The facts of the case, material to the question decided on the present appeal, are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried, before the Hon. Thomas M. Arrington. The bill in this case was prosecuted by the complainant in the court below from a decree refusing the relief prayed for in the bill, and sustaining the conveyance which is attacked as fradulent. The facts of the case, material to the question decided on the present appeal, are sufficiently stated in the opinion. In order to uphold the sale by Norman Bros, to their mother, it is necessary to show that there was a bona fide debt due from Norman Bros, to the mother; that the goods and other property conveyed…
1Opinion of the CourtBbickell, C. J.
The purpose of the original bill filed by the appellants, creditors of a partnership, known as Norman Brothers, is to vacate because of alleged fraud, a sale and conveyance of property real and personal, the debtors had made to their mother, the appellee, Elizabeth A. Norman. The conveyance purports to have been made in payment of a debt due from the grantors to the grantee.
The principles of law by which the validity of the transaction is governed, have been the subject of such frequent discussion and consideration, that the mere statement of them is all that is now necessary or proper. A…
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