What is the test for general assignment in a personal injury case?

[130 Cal.App.2d 510] Appellants rely upon Brainard v. Fitzgerald, 3 Cal.2d 157, 163, 44 P.2d 336, 339, where it was held that the general assignment for the benefit of creditors prevailed over a subsequent attachment, and that the assignment was not a violation of section 3440 of the Civil Code, and wherein it was further said: