Gregory, Tilton & Co. v. Harrington
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trustee Process. The Commissioner reported that on the 9th of October, 1857, the trustee Samuel Harrington purchased of the defendant Lewis Harrington, a store and the land on which it stood, in Walden, together with the stock of goods therein, for the price of eighteen hundred dollars ; that in payment of this price the trustee released the defendant from an indebtedness to him of five hundred dollars, and also executed and delivered to the defendant four notes of that…
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Trustee Process. The Commissioner reported that on the 9th of October, 1857, the trustee Samuel Harrington purchased of the defendant Lewis Harrington, a store and the land on which it stood, in Walden, together with the stock of goods therein, for the price of eighteen hundred dollars ; that in payment of this price the trustee released the defendant from an indebtedness to him of five hundred dollars, and also executed and delivered to the defendant four notes of that date, payable to the defendant, or bearer, one for two hundred dollars, payable on demand, two for five hundred dollars,…
1Opinion of the CourtPierpoint, J.
The only question presented for our consideration is, as to the validity of the sale of the store and goods, by the principal debtor, to the trustee, and for which the notes were given, that were subsequently transferred to the claimants. The case shows that the notes were regularly transferred to the claimants for valuable consideration, and without any knowledge on their part, at the time of receiving them, of any of the facts, that are now urged as tending to impeach the transaction as to the creditors of the principal debtor ; hence, whatever conclusion we may arrive at, as to the…
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