Kinder v. Scharff
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth. Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; William F. Schwing, Judge ad hoc. Action by James A. Kinder, trustee in bankruptcy of Cleopha Benoit, against Edward Sckarff and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This suit was instituted by James A. Kinder, trustee in bankruptcy of Cleopha Benoit, against the said Benoit and one Edward Scharff to annul and set aside, as in fraud of creditors, a certain sale of real estate situated in Matagorda county, Tex., made by the said Benoit to the said Scharff on May 2, 1904, less than a month before the filing of the petition in bankruptcy. The petition alleges that both defendants are residents of the parish of Calcasieu, state of Louisiana, and sets forth sufficient facts to show that the said sale was a device to defraud creditors and to screen said…
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