Mississippi Supreme Court March 15, 1895 (Hiller v. Ellis)

Cooper, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

On the tenth day of October, 1893, Charles Hiller, an insolvent merchant, made a general assignment of his property to the appellee, Ellis, for the benefit, of his creditors. Preferences were given to Messrs. Miller and Dodds, the attorneys by whom the instrument was prepared, for their fees, and, also, in the order named, to F.