Falconer v. Griffith
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
[The deed attacked by the proceedings in this case, was executed on the 6th of September, 1850, and the grantor, Clark, applied for the benefit of the insolvent laws on the 11th of December of the same year, and the complainant John H. Falconer, was appointed his permanent trustee, who filed the bill in this case on the 15th of April following.
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[The deed attacked by the proceedings in this case, was executed on the 6th of September, 1850, and the grantor, Clark, applied for the benefit of the insolvent laws on the 11th of December of the same year, and the complainant John H. Falconer, was appointed his permanent trustee, who filed the bill in this case on the 15th of April following. The allegations of the bill and answers, as well as the facts of the case disclosed by the testimony, are all sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the Chancellor
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor :
The object of the bill in this case, which was filed on the 15th of April, 1851, is to vacate a conveyance executed by the defendant Clark to the defendant Griffith on the 26th of September, 1850, of certain leasehold property in the city of Baltimore, upon the double ground that it is void under the insolvent laws, and under the statute of Elizabeth.
It alleges “that at the time of the execution and delivery thereof, said Clark was largely indebted to the firm of Kramer, Mantz & Co., of said city, of which firm said Griffith was a partner at the time of said execution and…
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- Cole v. AlbersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1843
- Hickley v. President of the Farmers & Merchants' BankCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1833
- Crawfords v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1834
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