Park v. Harmon
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trustee process, against Brownson Harmon and others, partners, under the firm of B. Harmon & Co., who were sued as trustees of William Williams, of West Troy, in the state of New York.
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Trustee process, against Brownson Harmon and others, partners, under the firm of B. Harmon & Co., who were sued as trustees of William Williams, of West Troy, in the state of New York. The writ issued after the Revised Statutes came in force, but in the form prescribed by the statutes previously in force; was made returnable at the December term of the county court, 1841, and was served on the 18th day of May, 1841, by having copies of the writ and the officer’s return thereon, left with the trustees, and by having a like copy left for the principal debtor with one of the trustees. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, J.
This trustee process was commenced since the Revised Statutes came into operation, but issued in the from prescribed by the previous statutes. The trustees are summoned to come into court, and answer the plaintiffs upon their declaration against the principal debtor, and the writ closes with a direction to the officer to leave a copy of the writ, with his return thereon, in the hands of the trustees for the principal debtor. This is entirely reversing and changing the form given under the existing law. By this the writ and declaration are to…
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