Legal Opinion

Ringgold v. Waggoner

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 15, 1853PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Independence county in Chancery. The Hon. W. C. Scott, Circuit Judge, presiding. 1st. That John Waggoner was indebted to the appellant, and while so indebted and after suit brought, but before judgment, being in failing circumstances, conveyed all his lands and personal property to his son, Edmund P., who was a member of his family and insolvent, for the purpose of hindering and delaying his creditors ; and such conveyance was void as against…

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Independence county in Chancery. The Hon. W. C. Scott, Circuit Judge, presiding. 1st. That John Waggoner was indebted to the appellant, and while so indebted and after suit brought, but before judgment, being in failing circumstances, conveyed all his lands and personal property to his son, Edmund P., who was a member of his family and insolvent, for the purpose of hindering and delaying his creditors ; and such conveyance was void as against creditors. Reid vs. Emery, 8 Paige 417. Edgall vs. Lowell, 4 Term. Rep. 405, cited 4 Kent’s Com. 464, note. Jackson ex.…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Watkins

The appellant, who was the complainant below, exhibited his bill in chancery against John Waggoner, Edmund P. Waggoner, Edwin T. Burr and William Hooper, setting forth that he, being the assignee and owner of an obligation made by John W., for the payment of money to certain persons to whom he was justly indebted, dated the 1st of January, 1841, and the same remaining due, and unpaid to the complainant, he, on the 3d day of January, 1844, instituted suit to recover the same against John W. on the law side of the Independence Circuit Court, the process being returnable to the ensuing…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Creek Land & Improvement Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
  2. Doster v. Manistee National BankSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1900
  3. State ex rel. Erhardt v. EstelMissouri Court of Appeals · 1878
  4. Muller v. McCannSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  5. Dereuisseaux v. BellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1964

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