Allen v. Patrick
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, pronounced June 11, 1899, in the chancery suit of Patrick, Trustee, v. Hamilton and Others, in which suit a petition was filed by certain creditors of H. A. S. Hamilton, praying to have set aside an alleged assignment from said Hamilton to S. Brown Allen, and for other relief. Upon the hearing, a decree was pronounced in favor of petitioners, and adverse to the appellants.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellants, in- their petition for an appeal, state the case upon which they rely as follows: That on the 27th day of April, 1895, H. A. S. Hamilton executed a deed of general assignment, in which his wife, Grace A. Hamilton, united, to secure all of his creditors, and $1,500 to his wife for relinquishing her dower interest in the lands thereby conveyed. In the said deed it is recited:
“ This conveyance is in trust for the purpose of securing the debts and liabilities of the said H. ■ A. S. Hamilton, and on the following uses and none other. Said…
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