Robinson v. Shelton

This is a revocatory action instituted by the syn-dic of the creditors of Samuel Chapman, to annul several contracts of sale of various tracts of land, alleged to have been made in fraud of the creditors by the insolvent, previous to his surrender. Some of these sales were made to Adolphus Follin, and others to Shelton. It is alleged that the notes given by the purchasers were fraudulently handed over to several creditors of Chapman, with the view of giving them undue preferences over other creditors of the insolvent, and that the Atchafalaya Bank, the Bank of Orleans, Edmondston & Co. and…