Jackson v. Harby
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Limestone. Tried below before the Hon.L. D. Bradley. Appellees brought this suit against T. E. Jackson, sheriff of Limestone county, and his sureties on his official bond, and against Leon Blum, Sylvain Blum and Hyman Blum, composing the firm of Leon & H. Blum, and against Joseph E. Wallis and Henry A. Landes, composing the firm of Wallis, Landes & Co., for the recovery of $4,000 damages and interest, and against R. E. Edmison and Isaac Whatley, for the recovery…
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Appeal from Limestone. Tried below before the Hon.L. D. Bradley. Appellees brought this suit against T. E. Jackson, sheriff of Limestone county, and his sureties on his official bond, and against Leon Blum, Sylvain Blum and Hyman Blum, composing the firm of Leon & H. Blum, and against Joseph E. Wallis and Henry A. Landes, composing the firm of Wallis, Landes & Co., for the recovery of $4,000 damages and interest, and against R. E. Edmison and Isaac Whatley, for the recovery of a debt due Weisenfield & Co., of Baltimore, Md., for the sum of $385.23, and a debt due Levi Whatley, of Limestone…
1Opinion of the Court
Robertson, Associate Justice.
The defendants attacked the instrument which constituted the foundation of the plaintiffs’ claim, *714on the charge that it was made by the grantors to defraud their creditors. This was the issue in the suit, and upon it the court so charged the jury as to prevent a verdict for the defendants, unless there was a combination or conspiracy to defraud, between the grantors and either the plaintiffs or the creditors provided for in the trust. The appellees attempt no defense of this charge as correct, but insist that the evidence establishes a conspiracy or the perfect…
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