Geer v. Traders' Bank
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Donovan, J. Bill by Harrison Geer, Joseph Turner, and Hezekiah M. Gillett, trustees, against the Traders’ Bank of Canada, to set aside an attachment levy. From a decree for complainants, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Wayne; Donovan, J. Bill by Harrison Geer, Joseph Turner, and Hezekiah M. Gillett, trustees, against the Traders’ Bank of Canada, to set aside an attachment levy. From a decree for complainants, defendant appeals. On July 33, 1896, James T. Hurst, a lumberman carrying on an extensive business in Michigan and elsewhere, being in financial difficulty, and desiring to provide for certain of his creditors, executed a deed of trust of certain real estate in the county of Wayne to the complainants, as trustees. Said deed recited that Mr. Hurst was indebted to certain parties therein…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). This conveyance was before the United States circuit court of appeals, and was there attacked by the same counsel, and for the same reasons that are now urged against it. Ontario Bank v. Hurst, 43 C. C. A. 193, 103 Fed. 231. The instrument is there given in full, and an able opinion filed, written by Judge Day, in which various decisions of this court are cited and discussed. The conveyance was upheld.
We will not attempt a review of the many cases involving conveyances made to secure creditors. If there be any apparent conflict between the decisions on this…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McMorran v. MooreMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
- Palmer v. MasonMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
- Webber v. WebberMichigan Supreme Court · 1896
- Ontario Bank v. HurstCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1900
3Cited by4 opinions
- Charles Maloney & Co. v. GonhueMichigan Supreme Court · 1908
- Levy v. GittelsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1949
- Department of Agriculture, Labor & Industry v. DevoreMontana Supreme Court · 1931
- Lutz v. RohnMichigan Supreme Court · 1911