Copeland v. Sturtevant

This is a writ of entry, brought by an assignee in insolvency against a grantee of the insolvent, on the ground that the conveyance was made in fraud of the insolvent laws. The plea is nul disseisin, with no specification of defence, as required by Rule 52 of the Superior Court for defences which, under the rules of common law, could not be shown under the general issue. The jury found for the demandant. The conveyance to the tenant reserved to the insolvent a right of homestead which he had in the premises. It was admitted that they were worth in the whole from twelve to fourteen hundred…