Pearsall v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The case is stated in the opinion. After hearing counsel for appellant the court declined to hear further argument.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchfobd
This is a bill in equity, filed in the Circuit Court Of the United States for the Eastern District of New York, Charles Jones, as assignee in bankruptcy of David M. Smith, against David M. Smith, Ella F. Willetts, Eichard S. Jones, and Albert Slauson, and is a creditors’ bill to set aside several distinct transfers of property to several of the defendants, alleged to have been made by Smith in the year 1874, in fraud of the rights of creditors. The bill was filed September 11, 1886. The answers set up the statute of limitations of the State of New York of six years, and the bankruptcy statute…
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