Hall v. Denison
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trustee Process. The trustee disclosed, in substance, as follows. On the eighth day of.May, 1841, the principal debtor, Denison, for the consideration, as expressed, of one dollar, executed to the trustee, Campbell, an assignment of all his property, excepting such as was exempt, by statute, from attachment, in trust, to be converted into money, and the proceeds, after paying the costs and charges of the assignee, to be disposed of for the purpose of paying the debts of the…
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Trustee Process. The trustee disclosed, in substance, as follows. On the eighth day of.May, 1841, the principal debtor, Denison, for the consideration, as expressed, of one dollar, executed to the trustee, Campbell, an assignment of all his property, excepting such as was exempt, by statute, from attachment, in trust, to be converted into money, and the proceeds, after paying the costs and charges of the assignee, to be disposed of for the purpose of paying the debts of the assignor, in the order and under the restrictions expressed as follows; — “ In the first place, that he shall pay to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bennett, J.
This case involves the legal effect of the assignment of the principal debtor. It i$ a general assignment of all his estate and effects, for the benefit of his creditors, with the exception of some few articles of trifling value, and which the law exempts from execution. After the payment of all charges and expenses, attending the performance of the trust, and the payment of the. debts *314due Crawford and Field, the trustee is to pay, iri rateable proportions, the debts of such creditors as shall, within ninety days, make themselves parties to…
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