Haggett v. Jones
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In Equity. On appeal by plaintiff from decree of sitting Justice. The appeal is therefore sustained and the case remanded for an accounting as herein suggested, before a single justice, after which a decree for the sale of the property upon proper terms will be entered in accordance with the opinion.
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In Equity. On appeal by plaintiff from decree of sitting Justice. The appeal is therefore sustained and the case remanded for an accounting as herein suggested, before a single justice, after which a decree for the sale of the property upon proper terms will be entered in accordance with the opinion. This is a bill in equity by a Trustee in Bankruptcy, to set aside a conveyance of real estate made by George C. Jones to his wife, Lizzie N. Jones, the defendant, on the ground that said conveyance was made in fraud of his, said George C. Jones’ creditors, and because said conveyance was not for…
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
Bill in equity by a Trustee in Bankruptcy to set aside a conveyance of real estate made to the defendant by her husband, the bankrupt, on the ground that it was made in fraud of his creditors. The sitting Justice decreed that the bill be dismissed- with costs, and the case is before this court on complainant’s appeal from that decree.
The decree appealed from was not accompanied by a finding of facts, but from an examination of the bill and answers it clearly appears that the sitting Justice, in making the decree, must have found either that the husband in making the conveyance had no…
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- Cox v. CollisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
- Joseph M. Smith Co. v. O'BrienNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1898
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