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Portrait of Melville Fuller Melville Fuller Eames v. Kaiser — Opinion of the Court

Indeed, as the evidence tended to show an intent on Kaiser's part, at the time of the suing out of the attachment, to defraud his creditors by putting his property into the shape of notes and placing them beyond their reach, proof of Kaiser's acts of a similar nature, occurring immediately after the attachment writ issued, would have been admissible if in causal relation with what the whole evidence showed was one transaction.
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Portrait of Melville Fuller Melville Fuller Eames v. Kaiser — Opinion of the Court

Of course, this would not be so as to independent and isolated action after the issue of the writ, but, when happening in immediate connection with what preceded, and as part of one whole, the evidence would be admissible; and we are clear that, tested by the record before us, the question was legitimate and proper on cross-examination, and the objection should not have been sustained.
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