Keller v. Michael
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
' "Wendel Keller husband of the defendant, in his life-time, on the 23d July 1791 (being in insolvent circumstances, and unable to pay more than eight shillings in the pound of his debts, and having also committed acts of bankruptcy ) sealed and delivered a deed of conveyance and assignment of all his real and personal property to William Wistar and George Ashton, Benjamin Poultney and Richard Wistar, Ellis Yarnal and William Harrison, as trustees for all his creditors, in…
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' "Wendel Keller husband of the defendant, in his life-time, on the 23d July 1791 (being in insolvent circumstances, and unable to pay more than eight shillings in the pound of his debts, and having also committed acts of bankruptcy ) sealed and delivered a deed of conveyance and assignment of all his real and personal property to William Wistar and George Ashton, Benjamin Poultney and Richard Wistar, Ellis Yarnal and William Harrison, as trustees for all his creditors, in proportion to their several demands (jprout assignment.) , The said assignees and trustees sold the real estate, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Dower. — Case stated for the opinion of the Judges at Nisi Prius, to be decided by them, by consent.
On the 27th July 1791, the said Wendel Keller executed an obligation to the persons before named as trustees for his creditors for 600Í. payable six months after date, no part of which has ever been satisfied or paid.
Judgments to a considerable amount remain unsatisfied on the records of the Court of Common Pleas of York county; and the said Wendell Keller has died intestate, in insolvent circumstances.
The court said, they saw no difference between the present conveyance and one given for a…
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