Second National Bank v. Townsend

Joseph W. Moore assigned all of his property for the benefit of his creditors. The assignment was made under the statute regulating voluntary assignments, and the deed was duly recorded. At the time the deed was executed and recorded, the appellant held two notes executed by Moore, and subsequently obtained judgment upon them. After judgment was recovered, the appellant filed a complaint against the assignee asking an allowance of the claim evidenced by the judgment, and on the trial offered in evidence a transcript of the judgment, but it was excluded, as were the notes on which the judgment…