Warren v. Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. This was a bill in equity, filed in the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama, on the 25th of July, 18Y8, by Frank S. Moody and Richard Ó. McLester, as assignees in bankruptcy of Baugh, Kennedy & Co. and John S. Kennedy, against John S. Kennedy and his wife, Mary E. Kennedy, and Edward Warren and his wife, Yernon L. Warren.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. This was a bill in equity, filed in the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama, on the 25th of July, 18Y8, by Frank S. Moody and Richard Ó. McLester, as assignees in bankruptcy of Baugh, Kennedy & Co. and John S. Kennedy, against John S. Kennedy and his wife, Mary E. Kennedy, and Edward Warren and his wife, Yernon L. Warren. The bill alleged, that, on the 7th of July, 1876, the defendant John S. Kennedy, as one-of the partners in the late firm of - Baugh, Kennedy & Co., and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
It will be noticed that the bill does not attack the deed on the ground of fraud. It does not allege that it was made with any intent to delay, hinder, or defraud the creditors named in the bill, or any other creditors of Kennedy. It does not allege that there are any other creditors than those named in the bill, or any creditors who became such after the making of the deed. The sole ground on which it proceeds is, that the deed was a voluntary deed, and is void as against the persons who were creditors of Kennedy prior to the making of the deed. It claims that the plaintiffs, as assignees in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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