Sprague v. Waldo
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill in Chancery. The orator sought to have a conveyance of a certain farm set aside and annulled. The ground of the claim and the material facts in the case are sufficiently set forth in the syllabus and opinion of the court.
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Bill in Chancery. The orator sought to have a conveyance of a certain farm set aside and annulled. The ground of the claim and the material facts in the case are sufficiently set forth in the syllabus and opinion of the court. The orator was in possession of the premises in question, and the defendants filed a cross bill setting forth that the claim of Sprague Arnold referred to in the opinion was fraudulent and the allowance of it by the commissioners on Brooks’ estate, was fraudulently obtained, and praying that the orator might be ordered to yield up the possession of said farm to the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Poland, Ch. J.
The orator 'seeks to have a conveyance from his intestate, Timothy Brooks, to his daughter, Mrs. Arnold, set aside, and annulled, on the ground that the same was executed for the purpose of avoiding the payment, and preventing the collection of a debt due from himself to Sprague Arnold, the husband of his daughter ; and alleges that if there was no actual intent to defraud Arnold by the conveyance, that the deed was a deed of gift, supported by no pecuniary consideration, and that Brooks did not retain sufficient other property to enable…
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