Brown v. Osgood
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Writ of ejítry. The demandant claimed the land under the levy of an execution in his favor against Abraham Osgood, Son’r, upon the premises, as the property of Osgood, made on February 13, 1844, the attachment upon the writ having been made in March, 1841. The tenant claimed under the same Abraham Osgood, by virtue of a deed thereof from him, dated November 5, 1839, and recorded upon the same day.
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Writ of ejítry. The demandant claimed the land under the levy of an execution in his favor against Abraham Osgood, Son’r, upon the premises, as the property of Osgood, made on February 13, 1844, the attachment upon the writ having been made in March, 1841. The tenant claimed under the same Abraham Osgood, by virtue of a deed thereof from him, dated November 5, 1839, and recorded upon the same day. The demandant contended that this deed was fraudulent and void, as to the creditors of Osgood, SenT. Much evidence was introduced by each party, which is set out in full in the exceptions filed by…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
WhitjiaN C. J.
The plaintiff’s claim of title depends upon a levy upon the demanded premises as the property of Abraham Osgood, Sen’r; and that of the defendant on a deed thereof made to him anterior to the levy by the said Abraham, Seu’r. The plaintiff contends, that the deed so made was intended to delay or defraud the creditors of the grantor therein, of whom the plaintiff was one; and that the same is therefore *510inoperative against him. Much evidence, at the trial, was introduced on the one side, and on the other, in reference to this point, as is…
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