Steiner & Lobman v. Parker & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Escambia Chancery Court. Heard before Hon Jere N. Williams. This bill was filed by Louis Steiner and Nathan Lob-man, under the firm name of Steiner & Lobman, and Chas.
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Appeal from Escambia Chancery Court. Heard before Hon Jere N. Williams. This bill was filed by Louis Steiner and Nathan Lob-man, under the firm name of Steiner & Lobman, and Chas. A. Stern and Abe Kraus, under the firm name of C. A. Stern & Company, formerly Stern & Kraus, as creditors of C. D. & S. E. Henderson, doing business under the name of Peters Store Company, formerly Henderson Bros., for the benefit of themselves and any other creditors who may see fit to make themselves parties. The bill alleges that C. D. & S. E. Henderson had been doing a general mercantile business at Aleo in…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
-The bill was evidently filed upon the *365theory, that attachments sued out by creditors, acting collusively with the debtor, the purpose being on the part of the debtor to prefer the attaching creditors, and on the part of attaching creditors and the debtor, to hinder, delay and defraud other creditors, the attachment having been levied upon all available assets, might be declared by a chancery court to be a general assignment within the statute, and administered for the benefit of all the creditors. The principle applicable to this theory of complainants’ bill, has been thoroughly considered…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cartwright v. Bamberger, Bloom & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Bell v. Goetter, Weil & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Rochester v. ArmourSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
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