Kimbrough v. Hornsby

The question presented for onr determination upon this record is in respect of the title to a promissory note, and more especially whether a bona fide purchaser of the note, for value, before maturity, will acquire a su*607perior right .to that of an attaching creditor of the original payee, i

The contest is between one B. F. Hayes, who purchased the note from Crabtree, the original payee, and Kimbrough et ah, who are attaching creditors of Crab-tree.

Complainants, Kimbrough et al., on the 21st of October, 1901, filed their original attachment and injunction bill in the chancery court of Meigs…