Legal Opinion

L. W. & P. Armstrong v. Miller

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 18, 1939No. 7 Div. 538PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOULDIN, Justice.

The appeal is from a judgment for claimant in garnishment proceedings. Code, §§ 8079, 8080.

The evidence for claimant tended to show title by gift from the judgment debt- or to his wife, the claimant, prior to incurring the indebtedness to plaintiffs.

Plaintiffs attack the transactions for fraud.

The legal principles applicable to the several phases of the evidence on this issue are well settled in our jurisprudence. Subsequent creditors can avoid transfers of the debtor’s property, by gift or otherwise, only for actual fraud. Fraud is not presumed. It must be proven. But actual…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Seals v. Robinson & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  2. Manchuria S. S. Co. v. Harry G. G. Donald & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  3. Mathews v. J. F. Carroll Merc. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  4. Allen v. Caldwell, Ward & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1906
  5. Christian & Craft Grocery Co. v. Michael & LyonsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Smith v. WilderSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  2. Frank S. Blackford, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Munro-Van Helms Company v. Commercial Credit CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  3. Muscogee Construction Co. v. Peoples Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  4. Milstid v. PenningtonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  5. Gordon v. GleasonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958

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