Dawson v. Flash, Preston & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Mobile City Court. Tried before Hon. O. J. Semmes. The coiiveyauce or transfer of the accounts forming the subject of contest is as follows: “Know all men by these presents that I, William B. Yail, of said State and county, for the consideration that I am indebted for borrowed money to Louise T. Dawson in the sum of five thousand dollars, besides interest; to Helen O. Austin, Mon Luis Island, thirteen hundred and fifty dollars, and interest, and to M. H. Davis in…
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Appeal from Mobile City Court. Tried before Hon. O. J. Semmes. The coiiveyauce or transfer of the accounts forming the subject of contest is as follows: “Know all men by these presents that I, William B. Yail, of said State and county, for the consideration that I am indebted for borrowed money to Louise T. Dawson in the sum of five thousand dollars, besides interest; to Helen O. Austin, Mon Luis Island, thirteen hundred and fifty dollars, and interest, and to M. H. Davis in the sum of twelve hundred dollars, and to Cecil Carter, in the sum of five hundred and twenty-five dollars, accrued…
1Opinion of the Court
HABALSON, J:
— The undisputed facts of this case may be briefly stated, as follows:
On the 12th February, 1890, W. B. Yail, who was a grocery and wine merchant, in Mobile, Alabama, was in failing and insolvent circumstances. Before that date he had conveyed all his property not exempt — other than his book accounts and demands standing upon his books — to some of his creditors, not including the plaintiffs and defendants, in bona fide payment of their real and honest and antecedent claims against him. On that date, in consideration of sums owing by him to them, in different amounts,…
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