Greenwood v. Greenwood
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal by the plaintiff. This is a bill in equity, brought by Erving M. Greenwood, plaintiff, against Bertha M. Greenwood, his wife, and is based upon the provisions of Chap. 48, Sec. 2 of the Public Laws of 1913, to recover back certain real estate conveyed by him to his wife April 10, 1914, in consideration that the parties should separate and thereafter live separately, and that the wife should care for herself and said minor children, without assistance from the…
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On appeal by the plaintiff. This is a bill in equity, brought by Erving M. Greenwood, plaintiff, against Bertha M. Greenwood, his wife, and is based upon the provisions of Chap. 48, Sec. 2 of the Public Laws of 1913, to recover back certain real estate conveyed by him to his wife April 10, 1914, in consideration that the parties should separate and thereafter live separately, and that the wife should care for herself and said minor children, without assistance from the husband and father. To the bill, the defendant filed her answer, and the plaintiff filed replication to said answer. The…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by a husband against his wife under Chap. 48 of the Public Laws of 1913 to enforce the reconveyance of certain real estate deeded by him to her on April 10, 1914. This statute provides as follows:
Section 2. ‘ A. wife may bring a bill in equity against her husband for the recovery, conveyance, transfer, payment, or delivery to her of any property, real or personal or both, exceeding one hundred dollars in value, standing in his name or to which he has the legal title, or which is in his possession, or under his control, which in equity and good conscience…
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- Fox v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
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