Humes v. Scruggs
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama. This is a suit by the assignee in bankruptcy of John W. Scruggs to set aside a conveyance of certain real estate made by the latter to his wife, as being in fraud of the rights of creditors. The court below dismissed the bill; whereupon the assignee appealed here. The facts upon which the decision of the court is based are set forth in its opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
It is not entirely certain what the court is called upon to review in the present case. By the decree of the court below it is recited that upon the hearing of the cause upon the pleadings it is adjudged that the bill be dismissed. The record, however, comes to us with voluminous evidence upon the merits, and we have not the advantage either of an opinion of the court or of a brief by the party obtaining the decree; It will be necessary, therefore, to give attention to the case in both of its aspects.
The bill was filed by the assignee in bankruptcy of John W. Scruggs against the bankrupt’s…
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