Legal Opinion

Voorhees, Miller & Co. v. Blanton

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western North Carolina

Decided November 2, 1897PublishedCited by 1 opinion

This was a suit in equity by Voorhees, Miller & Oo. against William M. Blanton and others to set aside certain conveyances alleged to have been made in fraud of creditors.

1Opinion of the Court

BRAWLEY, District Judge.

This is a bill to set aside certain conveyances as fraudulent. The plaintiffs are merchants in Cincinnati, Ohio, who sold a bill of goods to C. D. Blanton & Co., merchants- doing business at Asheville. N. C., and the defendant William M. Blanton, with others, guarantied the payment of the same. William M. Blanton was a farmer residing in McDowell county on what is hereinafter called “South Muddy Creek Farm,” in McDowell county, N. C., until about the year 1878, when he moved to the town of Marion, in the same state, where he engaged in.merchandizing, and is now about…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Olcott v. BynumSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  2. Humes v. ScruggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  3. Garner v. Second Nat. Bank of ProvidenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Lyon v. . AkinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878
  5. Walker v. . LongSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1891

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Voorheis v. BlantonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western North Carolina · 1899

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