John May seeks to collect a debt from the former ironworks firm of Stanfill and Kimble. May asserts that he has previously received two judgments against the firm for $348.50 and $340, respectively. "They are further indebted to him for extra labour of his Boys Mack Abe and Willie at their Furnace during the year 1854 in the sum of about $70." Stanfill and Kimble's partnership was greatly indebted at the time of its dissolution and now there is "no visible unincumbered means out of which" the petitioner can collect his debt. However, in December 1854, just prior to the end of the partnership, George Stanfill "made a conveyance by bill of sale of three certain slaves Peggy and her children Henry and George Ann to his brother Jno M Stanfill for the specified consideration of $1200." May concedes "that there might have been some small sum due from said George W to said Jno M as his guardian prior to his arriving at lawful age but" it would not have been as much as $1200, therefore causing May to suspect that it "was only a pretended sale" made in order to "hinder delay and defeat the just and bonefide creditors of said Stanfill and Kimble." May prays that the sale of the slaves be declared fraudulent and void and that the slaves be sold in order to satisfy his debts.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
