Laughton v. Harden
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On demurrer to a bill in equity.
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
The bill alleges that Eben Harden, owning certain parcels of land, conveyed them to his son, Cushman E. Harden, to defraud his creditors ; that the complainant obtained an execution against the grantor, and levied it upon a portion of the land so conveyed; and the complainant prays that the title to the land levied upon shall be released to him by the grantee. The bill is met by a general demurrer.
The first point taken on the demurrer is, that Eben Harden, the grantor, should have been made a defendant to the bill. He is no party to it. This objection must be overruled. Eben *209Harden no longer…
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