Reen v. Berton

The question to be decided by this appeal is whether the equitable doctrine denying relief to those who do not have “clean hands” bars the plaintiff, a judgment creditor of Robert E. Berton, from setting aside a conveyance of real estate which the trial court found to be fraudulent under the terms of RSA 545:4 (Uniform Fraudulent Conveyances Act: Conveyance, by Insolvent). Keller, C.J., reserved and transferred plaintiff’s exceptions to the dismissal of her petition to set aside the conveyance.

Plaintiff’s claim arises from a relationship between the parties in which Robert Berton married Jane…