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creditor preference

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From 74 U.S. 299 - Drury v. Cross · 1868Most cited · 96 citing opinions

a debtor has a legal right to prefer one creditor over another, when the transaction is bona fide; but... the law condemns any plan in the disposition of property which necessarily accomplishes a fraudulent result