Pearce v. Dansforth
Supreme Court of Missouri
ERROR TO ST. LOUIS COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Tlie defendants in error sued out an attachment at the February term, 1849, of the Court of Common Pleas, against Aug. J. Ambler and Alfred A. Heath, partners under the name of Ambler & Heath, dealing in liquors, groceries, &c., on the alleged ground that the defendants in the attachment had made a fraudulent assignment of their property, &c., so as to hinder and delay their creditors, &c.
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ERROR TO ST. LOUIS COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Tlie defendants in error sued out an attachment at the February term, 1849, of the Court of Common Pleas, against Aug. J. Ambler and Alfred A. Heath, partners under the name of Ambler & Heath, dealing in liquors, groceries, &c., on the alleged ground that the defendants in the attachment had made a fraudulent assignment of their property, &c., so as to hinder and delay their creditors, &c. All the property in question, which consisted mainly of liquors, &c., was seized under the attachment, on the 13th January, 18á9 (the day on winch the writ was…
1Opinion of the CourtBiroii, J.
It having been decided at the present term, in the case of Mayor v. Hill and others, that delivery of a deed by the grantor, for the purpose of having it recorded, may, under proper concurring circumstances, be regarded as a delivery to the grantor, or trustee, there seems nothing in the instructions of the court upon that point which might not at all events have been rendered plain and pertinent to the supposed purposes of the plaintiff, had he asked a short explanatory instruction. The judgment cannot therefore be disturbed upon that ground.(a)
As it is a matter of discretion with the…
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