Dixon v. Hill
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Calhoun Circuit. The facts in the case, so far as they are material to present the question passed upon by the Court, are as follows: On the 2d day of August, 1856, Arza Lewis, being largely indebted and greatly embarrassed, made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors to one George H. French, which assignment was conceded on the trial to be fraudulent upon its face, as it authorized a sale of the assigned property on credit.
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Error to Calhoun Circuit. The facts in the case, so far as they are material to present the question passed upon by the Court, are as follows: On the 2d day of August, 1856, Arza Lewis, being largely indebted and greatly embarrassed, made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors to one George H. French, which assignment was conceded on the trial to be fraudulent upon its face, as it authorized a sale of the assigned property on credit. French immediately took possession of the property assigned, which, among other things, included a stock of goods in a store at Homer. He remained in…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.:
The plaintiff in error, who was defendant in the Court below, acting as sheriff of Calhoun" county, levied a Avrit of attachment upon certain- goods, in a suit against one Arza Loavís, as a fraudulent debtor. LeAvis had made a general assignment, including these goods, to George H. French. French made an arrangement to sell the assigned property on credit to the defendants in error, who took possession and went on soiling under the arrangement Avhile the inventory was still incomplete. Before the inventory Ayas finished, and before they had paid or secured any portion of the…
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