Crocker v. Turnstall

The plaintiff, in his capacity of syndic of the insolvent estate of W. W, Stewart, seeks to revoke and .annul a sale of certain property made by the insolvent to the defendant, on the grounds, that the sale was made in fraud of the insolvent’s creditors ; that the insolvent was, at the time, in failing circumstances; and that within three months from the day on which the act of sale was passed, he filed his petition and schedule for the benefit of the. insolvent laws of the State.

To this petition the defendant answered by pleading the general issue. Several months after the filing of this…