In re Snelling
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In the matter of the bankruptcy of S. Rodman Snelling. Petition by Anna L. Snelling to compel the trustee in bankruptcy to convey real estate to the petitioner.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
The essential facts alleged in this petition are as follows: Some ten years before Snelling’s bankruptcy, the petitioner orally purchased of him certain real estate, which she has since been in exclusive possession of, and upon which she has made valuable improvements. She paid for the property in full; but by inadvertence, as alleged in the petition, no conveyance was ever made to her, so that the legal title still stands in the bankrupt’s name. The prayer of the petition- is that the trustee may be decreed to hold the legal title in trust for the benefit of the…
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