Forbes v. Snow
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on December 2,1920, by the trustee in bankruptcy of Benjamin P. Cheney against the trustees under the will of the father of the bankrupt, also named Benjamin P. Cheney; all beneficiaries and persons interested in the trust under the will as established by compromise; Henry F. Woodard and Bates Warren, trustees, Frederic E. Snow and Henry B. Day, trustees, and Herbert P. Queal, the holders respectively of three assignments…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on December 2,1920, by the trustee in bankruptcy of Benjamin P. Cheney against the trustees under the will of the father of the bankrupt, also named Benjamin P. Cheney; all beneficiaries and persons interested in the trust under the will as established by compromise; Henry F. Woodard and Bates Warren, trustees, Frederic E. Snow and Henry B. Day, trustees, and Herbert P. Queal, the holders respectively of three assignments by the bankrupt made more than four months preceding his bankruptcy; and three creditors who by legal process had…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
This bill in equity, by the trustee in bankruptcy of Benjamin P. Cheney, against said Cheney and the trustees under the will of Benjamin P. Cheney, senior, is brought mainly for the purpose of obtaining possession of the interest of the bankrupt in the trust estate, for the payment of his debts. All other beneficiaries and parties interested in the trust and all prior assignees and attaching creditors of the bankrupt are joined as defendants. The single justice overruled the demurrer of the defendant Cheney and reported to the full court the questions raised by the demurrer.
In 1895 Benjamin…
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