Pierce v. O'Brien

This is an action of tort for the conversion of personal property, attached in this State by a Massachusetts creditor as the property of a resident of Rhode Island. By the laws of Rhode Island, the assignment under which the plaintiff claims is valid as against creditors in that State. It is an assignment of all the debtor’s property, both real and personal, to the plaintiff, in trust for the benefit of his creditors. The plaintiff came to this Commonwealth and took possession, under the assignment, of the property in question before it was attached. But at the time of the attachment, no…