Aldrich v. Wilcox
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in equity to set aside a sheriff’s sale of a farm in Lincoln, E. I., and a mortgagee’s sale of another tract of land in the same town. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
'Potter, J.
The bill in this case is brought by Thomas S. Aldrich, and William Gr. E. Mowry his assignee, for benefit of creditors, against Ansel Carpenter, a deputy sheriff, who sold at sheriff’s sale certain property of said Aldrich, and against Eandall B. Wilcox, who purchased it. The charges are fraudulent collusion to get the property of said Aldrich under pretence of securing it for his wife and family. ’ The wife is not made a party, and we think need not be, as no relief is asked against her. The prayer of the bill is to set aside the sales, and to order a reconveyance, and for general…
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