Tarbell v. Bowman

The facts upon which the plaintiffs’ title to relief depends are sufficiently plain, as they finally appear upon the bill, answer and agreed statements, both original and supplemental. The defendants, as assignees in insolvency, were interested in certain real estate in Boston, with other parties, including the plaintiff John P. Tarbell, who was seised in fee and as tenant in common, as trustee of his wife, the other plaintiff, in part thereof. In order to secure a sale of the property to the best advantage for the estate of the insolvent, the defendants obtained the consent of all the other…