United States v. Noyes
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action on the statute of this state against fraudulent conveyances. The plaintiffs sued “as well in the name, and for the use of the treasurer of the county of Middlesex, as in their own name and behalf.”
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This was an action on the statute of this state against fraudulent conveyances. The plaintiffs sued “as well in the name, and for the use of the treasurer of the county of Middlesex, as in their own name and behalf.” The declaration stated, That on the 23rd day of November, 1819, William Noyes, then of Lyme in New-London county, was justly indebted to the United States, in the sum of 5000 dollars, on a judgment obtained by the plaintiffs against said William, by the consideration of the district court of the United States for said district, November term, 1819; that said debt was still due,…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
By the statute, entitled “An act against fraudulent conveyances,” an action is given against the party to such a conveyance, who shall wittingly justify the same to have been done bona fide, and on good consideration; and to the party grieved, for the recovery of certain specified forfeitures. The sum recovered is to be divided, the one half to the person injured, and the other half to the county treasurer. Upon this statute, the United States have instituted the present suit. The action being founded on a statute, no person can sustain it but the one to whom it is given. The…
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