Moors v. Albro
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions OE CONTRACT upon promissory notes. Writs dated October 6 and October 7,1876. Upon each writ attachments were made of real estate in Middlesex County on Octo ber 7, 1876, and of real estate in Bristol County on October 9, 1876. On February 9, 1877, the bankruptcy of the defendant was suggested.
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Two actions OE CONTRACT upon promissory notes. Writs dated October 6 and October 7,1876. Upon each writ attachments were made of real estate in Middlesex County on Octo ber 7, 1876, and of real estate in Bristol County on October 9, 1876. On February 9, 1877, the bankruptcy of the defendant was suggested. The cases were afterwards submitted to the judgment of the Superior Court upon the following statement of facts: On August 12, 1876, the land in Bristol County was conveyed by the defendant by absolute deed, recorded September 30,1876, to Dexter, Abbott & Co., who, at the same time and as…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
The bankrupt act provides that where three fourths in value of the creditors whose claims have been proved have resolved that it is for the interest of the general body of the creditors that the estate of the bankrupt shall be settled by trustees under the supervision and direction of a committee of the creditors, and the resolution has been confirmed by the court, “ the bankrupt, or, if an assignee has been appointed, the assignee, shall, under the direction of the court, and under oath, convey, transfer and deliver all the property and estate of the bankrupt to the trustees, who shall,'upon…
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