Smith v. Craft
Supreme Court of the United States
Bill in equity by general creditors of Craft against him, Fletcher and Churchman. After a hearing upon pleadings and proofs before the Circuit Judge and the District' Judge, the bill was dismissed, and they signed a certificate of division of opinion, the formal parts of which were like those of the certificate in Jewell v. Knight, ante, 426, and the rest of which was as follows: “ On April 5, 1879, "William H. Craft, one of the defendants, was indebted to Fletcher and…
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Bill in equity by general creditors of Craft against him, Fletcher and Churchman. After a hearing upon pleadings and proofs before the Circuit Judge and the District' Judge, the bill was dismissed, and they signed a certificate of division of opinion, the formal parts of which were like those of the certificate in Jewell v. Knight, ante, 426, and the rest of which was as follows: “ On April 5, 1879, "William H. Craft, one of the defendants, was indebted to Fletcher and Churchman, under the firm name of S. A. Fletclier & Co., known as Fletcher’s Bank, in about the sum of $33,000. He was also…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This case, also, comes before the court upon a. certificate of division of opinion, and resembles in many respects that of Jewell v. Knight, ante, 426, argued with it, and just decided. .
It is a bill in equity by several creditors, each of whose claims is for less than $5000, to set aside as fraudulent a sale made by their debtor, Craft, a dealer in watches and jewelry, of his whole stock in trade to Fletcher and Churchman, a banking partnership, known as Fletcher’s Bank.
The first question certified is, whether the understanding "between the bank and Craft, that if the bank would lend him…
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