Fair Haven Marble & Marbleized Slate Co. v. Owens
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill in Chancery, by creditors of Owen Owens, to set aside as fraudulent and void certain conveyances made by their debtor to the defendants. Heard by Taft, Chancellor, on report of a master at the March Term, 1896, Rutland County. The conveyances mentioned in the decree at the end of the opinion were adjudged fraudulent and void, and the defendants ordered to reconvey to the executors of Owen Owens for the benefit of his creditors.
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Bill in Chancery, by creditors of Owen Owens, to set aside as fraudulent and void certain conveyances made by their debtor to the defendants. Heard by Taft, Chancellor, on report of a master at the March Term, 1896, Rutland County. The conveyances mentioned in the decree at the end of the opinion were adjudged fraudulent and void, and the defendants ordered to reconvey to the executors of Owen Owens for the benefit of his creditors. Owen Owens was a partner in the firm of Owen Owens & Co., the other members of which were of no financial responsibility. February 16, 1882, the firm made a…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
It is contended that the final balance found due the orator, The Fairhaven Marble and Marbleized Slate Co., must be considered as having existed since February 16, 1882, the date of its contract with Owen Owens, deceased, for the purpose of determining the validity of his conveyances and assignments of his property to the defendants, who are his daughters. By the stipulation filed as supplementary to the master’s report, it is conceded that no part of that final balance is for damages accruing from a breach of the contract by Owen Owens, but the balance is for money advanced to him from time…
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