Pollak v. Searcy
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Lowndes Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. John Moore. This was an action by George W. Searcy, appellee, against Poliak el al. for levying an attachment on property claimed by said Searcy under a sale to him by his debtors, Blake & Searcy, who were also debtors to said Poliak. ■
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, 0. J.
Blake & Searcy conveyed their merchandise, by sale absolute in form, to George W. Searcy, in payment of an alleged debt to him. The real issue in this case is, whether or not the alleged debt from Blake & Searcy to Geo. W. Searcy, as claimed, was bona fide, and whether or not the sale was absolute, reserving no interest or benefit to the sellers. The amount claimed by Geo. W. Searcy as due to him by Blake & Searcy, was twenty-four hundred dollars, and there is no proof that the merchandise, claimed to have been conveyed, was worth more than that sum. The rules for determining…
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