Taylor v. Taylor
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ON EXCEPTIONS. The exceptions were to the ruling of the court in overruling a ■demurrer to a bill in equity. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited: Bradley v. .Farmed, Holmes’ Rep. 433 ; Goons v. Tome, 9 Fed.
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ON EXCEPTIONS. The exceptions were to the ruling of the court in overruling a ■demurrer to a bill in equity. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited: Bradley v. .Farmed, Holmes’ Rep. 433 ; Goons v. Tome, 9 Fed. Rep. 533 ; Koehler v. Iron Company, 2 Black, 715; Insurance Gonvpany v. Hill, 60 Maine, 178 ; McLean v. Weeks, 61 Maine, 277; S. ■C., 65 Maine, 411; Orocker v. Smith, 32 Maine, 244; Brown v. Whitmore, 71 Maine, 65; Simpson v. Warren, 55 Maine, 18; Doe v. Oribner, 41 Maine, 277; Bayard v. Iloffman, 4 John. Ch. 450; Winsor v. Kendall, 3 Story, 507 ; Garr. v. Gale, 3 W. and…
1Opinion of the CourtDaNPOBth, J.
This is a bill in equity, in which the complainants, as assignees of an insolvent corporation, seek to set aside a payment made by the insolvent to the respondent, a creditor, as a fraudulent preference under the law, and to recover the amount so paid. The allegations in the bill show that the respondent was not only a creditor,- but also the treasurer of the insolvent corporation, and as such, within four months of the insolvency, had executed a mortgage of the company’s lands, upon the credit of which and in behalf of the corporation, he borrowed the sum of seventy-five hundred dollars, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Koehler v. Black River Falls Iron Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1863
- Suter v. MatthewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Wells v. RitterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1838
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- New Prague Milling Co. v. SchreinerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897