Purdon v. Blinn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Suffolk on December 19, 1905, under R. L. c. 144, § 9, by Jennie M. Purdon of Winchester who was granted a divorce from James L. Purdon, formerly of Boston, by the Superior Court for the county of Middlesex, which became absolute on September 8, 1905, by which decree James L. Purdon was ordered to pay the petitioner the sum of $4,000 in gross as alimony, praying that the petitioner’s claim for $4,000 might be proved as a…
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Petition, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Suffolk on December 19, 1905, under R. L. c. 144, § 9, by Jennie M. Purdon of Winchester who was granted a divorce from James L. Purdon, formerly of Boston, by the Superior Court for the county of Middlesex, which became absolute on September 8, 1905, by which decree James L. Purdon was ordered to pay the petitioner the sum of $4,000 in gross as alimony, praying that the petitioner’s claim for $4,000 might be proved as a debt against James L. Purdon and against his property and estate now in the hands of George R. Blinn of Bedford…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is a petition brought under the R. L. c. 144, § 9, relative to property in the hands of a person appointed receiver of the estate of a resident of the Common*389wealth who “ has disappeared, absconded or is absent therefrom and has left no agent therein and his whereabouts are unknown.” This section is as follows: “ The court may order said property or its proceeds acquired by mortgage, lease or sale to be applied in payment of charges incurred or that may be incurred in the support and maintenance of the absentee’s wife and minor children, and to the discharge of such debts as may be proved…
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