Phelps v. Curts
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henderson county; the Hon. Arthur A. Smith, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was a creditors’ bill, brought by certain judgment creditors of S. S. Phelps & Co. against Stephen S. Phelps, William Phelps and Myron Phelps, for the discovery of assets, and to subject certain property which had been conveyed by Stephen S. Phelps and Arthur S. Phelps, composing the firm of S. S. Phelps & Co., to the payment of the complainants’ demands.
A decree was rendered against the defendants in the court below, from which they appealed.
Previous to August, 1861, S. S. Phelps & Co. had been largely engaged in the mercantile and banking business in Oquawka, in this State, and S. S.…
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