Seaman v. Nolen
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Coosa. Heard before the Hon. N. S. Graham. The original bill in this case was filed 3d‘December, 1877, by George E. Seaman and W. T. & S. H. McWilliams (partners), as creditors at large of A. J. Nolen, on behalf of themselves and all other creditors who might come in, make themselves parties and contribute to the cost of the suit, against the said A. J. Nolen, Mrs. Mary E. Nolen, bis wife, A. J. Thomas, and R. C. Sandlin ; and sought to set…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Coosa. Heard before the Hon. N. S. Graham. The original bill in this case was filed 3d‘December, 1877, by George E. Seaman and W. T. & S. H. McWilliams (partners), as creditors at large of A. J. Nolen, on behalf of themselves and all other creditors who might come in, make themselves parties and contribute to the cost of the suit, against the said A. J. Nolen, Mrs. Mary E. Nolen, bis wife, A. J. Thomas, and R. C. Sandlin ; and sought to set aside, on the ground of fraud, a conveyance of property, real and personal, executed by said Nolen and wife to said…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The bill in this case was filed by Seaman and McWilliams, creditors at large of A. J. Nolen, to subject property to the payment of their claims, on the alleged ground that it was conveyed by Nolen to Thomas and Sandlin with the intent to delay, hinder and defraud the complainants and other creditors of the said Nolen. — Code of 1876, §§ 3886, 3253, subd. 8. The conveyance was absolute in terms, and we do not doubt that both Thomas and Sandlin were creditors of Nolen to about the extent they claim. They claim to have purchased the property in absolute payment of what Nolen owed them. If this…
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