Merrill, Townsend & Boynton v. Englesby
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trustee process. The following facts are stated in the disclosure of tlie trustee, or appear from the papers attached to it.
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Trustee process. The following facts are stated in the disclosure of tlie trustee, or appear from the papers attached to it. On the 8th day of December, 3851, the principal defendant executed and delivered to the trustee an assignment of all his goods, chatties, moneys, debts, accounts and demands, and all the real estate he owned, or was interested in, in the tottn of Burlington, in trust for the benefit of certain enumerated creditors, who were divided into four classes, and a distinction by way of preferences made between the different classes. On the 9lh of the same December, he executed…
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The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, Ch. J.
In regard to the construction which is to be put upon the case, there seems to he some difference of opinion *155among the counsel. Rut it seems to us that, as the disclosure is made part of the case, with the accompanying documents, and as no evidence seems to have been introduced in contradiction of it, and as it evidently must have formed the basis of the decision, or of any understanding decision upon the subject, it must be regarded as a part of the case here, and the statements, as facts found; we feel so confident such must have been…
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