Harris v. Burns
Harris v. Burns
Opinion of the Court
The court below instructed the jury as follows: “The single fact, of a sale of all of Packard’s goods, on credit for the greater portion of the purchase-money, when he was irretrievably insolvent, is conclusive as to the intent to hinder, delay and defraud his creditors.”
This instruction cannot be supported. The question of
Judgment and order denying a new trial reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial.
Mr. Justice Niles did not express an opinion.
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- EMIL HARRIS and J. L. WILLIAMS v. J. F. BURNS
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- Fbaud in the Sale oh Goods.—The question of fraudulent intent in the sale of chattels is.one of fact and not of law; and the sale of all a debt- or’s goods, with credit for the greater portion of the purchase-price, does not establish fraud, as a legal conclusion.