Porter v. Harrison
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Lawrence Chancery Court. Heard before the Hon. Wm. H. Simpson. Bill by J. B. Harrison against J. T. Porter and others to declare certain conveyances void as against the creditors of Porter.
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Appeal from Lawrence Chancery Court. Heard before the Hon. Wm. H. Simpson. Bill by J. B. Harrison against J. T. Porter and others to declare certain conveyances void as against the creditors of Porter. Except tlie claim of homestead noticed in the opinion, the only questions were of fact, namely, whether the purchase of the house and lot by D. K. Emeus from Porter, and the purchase of certain’ land by Mrs. Nora B. Porter of Catherine B. Baker were transactions made in good faith or were collusive and void as to the creditors of Porter. The facts appear in the opinion. — Porter had not…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
— The evidence shows quite satisfactorily that J. T. Porter removed from his house in Hillsboro and took up his residence at least for the year 1892 elsewhere on January 28, 1892. Indeed it is free from conflict to that effect unless a contrary conclusion may be rested on the fact that ho left for a time thereafter a feAv articles of household furniture — a safe, some chairs and some fruit jars. It is not shown how long these articles remained there, except that they were there on February 8th following. They may have been allowed to remain there, so far as the evidence shows to the contrary,…
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