Zent v. Gilson

Citations

• 52 Wash. 319
• 100 P. 739
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1114

Syllabus

<p>Fraudulent Conveyances — Preferences. A debtor in failing circumstances can prefer a creditor by mortgaging all his property to the exclusion of other creditors.</p> <p>Fraudulent Conveyances — Transfer for Future Services of Attorney — Attachments—Priority Over Bill of Sale. Persons in the rightful possession of property, charged with the larceny thereof, may transfer the same to attorneys for services rendered and to be rendered in the defense of their persons and the property, to the extent of a reasonable fee, as against objection by prior creditors, and the same will not be held fraudulent as to such creditors subsequently levying attachments on the property, where the only question involved was as to the priority of the attachments over the bill of sale to the attorneys.</p>