Goodrich v. Wilson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, by the assignee in bankruptcy of William F. Wilson, to recover $2700 alleged to have been paid by the bankrupt to the defendant in fraud of the bankrupt act. There were also counts in contract for the same cause of action.
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Tort, by the assignee in bankruptcy of William F. Wilson, to recover $2700 alleged to have been paid by the bankrupt to the defendant in fraud of the bankrupt act. There were also counts in contract for the same cause of action. The record showed the following facts: Judgment was entered against the defendant in the Superior Court on January 17, 1876. A writ of error from the Supreme Court of the United States was taken out by the defendant on February 12, 1876. A petition was filed on August 31, 1878, in the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, and upon said…
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
Final judgment was entered against the defendant in the Superior Court on January 17, 1876; and, after twenty-four hours from the entry of this judgment, the plaintiff was entitled to take out execution thereon. Gen. Sts. c. 133, § 15. Doyle v. Wisconsin, 94 U. S. 50.
*33It appears that a writ of error from the Supreme Court of the United States was taken out by the defendant on February 12, 1876, but it does not appear when it was served, or that security to answer all damages and costs was given, so that it operated as a supersedeas preventing any further proceedings under the execution, if any…
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