SHAWHAN ET AL. v. WHERRITT.


48 U.S. 627 (1849)

7 How. 627

JOHN L. SHAWHAN, DANIEL SHAWHAN, GEORGE H. PERRIN, BENJAMIN BERRY, CATHARINE SNODGRASS, AND ISAAC MILLER, APPELLANTS, v. PERRY WHERRITT, ASSIGNEE OF THE BANKRUPT ESTATE OF BENJAMIN BRANDON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Trimble, for the appellants, and Mr. Bibb, for the appellee.


Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.

Perry Wherritt, as assignee of Benjamin Brandon, a bankrupt, filed his bill in equity in the District Court of the United States for Kentucky, setting forth that, on regular proceedings in said court, Brandon was deemed and held to be a merchant and trader, within the bankrupt act, and found to have committed acts of bankruptcy by making a fraudulent transfer of his property...

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