Haston v. Castner
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Suit in equity by several creditors of Moore Castner, deceased, against Ms sons Michael and Nathan Castner, for the purpose of charging two farms, situate in Hunterdon ■county, which the deceased conveyed to them respectively, with so much of the debts of the complainants as have not been paid by the administrator. It appeared that the estate of Moore Castner was insolvent, and had been settled.
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Suit in equity by several creditors of Moore Castner, deceased, against Ms sons Michael and Nathan Castner, for the purpose of charging two farms, situate in Hunterdon ■county, which the deceased conveyed to them respectively, with so much of the debts of the complainants as have not been paid by the administrator. It appeared that the estate of Moore Castner was insolvent, and had been settled. On appeal from a decree of the chancellor, reported in Haston v. Castner, 2 Stew. 536.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Beasley, O. J.
This is a creditor’s bill seeking to charge certain lands with the debts of a deceased grantor, on the ground that the conveyances which he made of such lands to his sons, were in fraud of creditors. As the complainants are simply *698creditors at large, not having put their claims in the form of a judgment, the first question to be disposed of is, whether they have any standing in equity that will justify the exhibition of this bill.
It cannot be denied that, in this state, the general rule is entirely settled that, in order to enable a…
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