Means v. Hicks' Adm'r
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before tbe Hon. A. W. Dillard. The bill in this case was filed on tbe 24th January, 1876, by Thomas Eatman, as the administrator of the estate of Tilman Hicks, deceased, against Charles M. B. Means, Newton C. Pyles, and Isabella 0. Pyles, his wife; and sought to set aside as fraudulent, either in fact or in law, certain conveyances of property, real and personal, executed to the defendants by William S. Means in his life-time;…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before tbe Hon. A. W. Dillard. The bill in this case was filed on tbe 24th January, 1876, by Thomas Eatman, as the administrator of the estate of Tilman Hicks, deceased, against Charles M. B. Means, Newton C. Pyles, and Isabella 0. Pyles, his wife; and sought to set aside as fraudulent, either in fact or in law, certain conveyances of property, real and personal, executed to the defendants by William S. Means in his life-time; and to subject the property to the payment of one-half of the amount which the complainant, as administrator, had paid…
1Opinion of the CourtBriokell, C. J.
— The bill was filed by the predecessor of the appellee in the administration of the estate of Til-man Hicks, deceased, against the appellants, as executors de son tort of William S. Means. The purpose is to set aside conveyances made by William S. Means in his life, to the appellants, of estate real and personal, because such conveyances were voluntary, or made with intent to hinder, delay, and defraud creditors, and to subject the property conveyed to the payment of one-half of a sum of money, which the complainant, as administrator of Tilman Hicks, deceased, had paid in discharge oí a…
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