Nichols v. McCarthy
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for the annulling of a mortgage and of a later conveyance of real estate, and for a reconveyance of the same, for the annulling of a hill of sale for the payment of certain money, and for the possession of the real estate; brought to the Superior Court. The following facts were found by a committee: Martin L. Blackman, named in the complaint, was, in November, 1881, about sixty-eight years of age.
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Suit for the annulling of a mortgage and of a later conveyance of real estate, and for a reconveyance of the same, for the annulling of a hill of sale for the payment of certain money, and for the possession of the real estate; brought to the Superior Court. The following facts were found by a committee: Martin L. Blackman, named in the complaint, was, in November, 1881, about sixty-eight years of age. He had lived in Ansonia, in New Haven County, many years, and had successfully conducted a tin shop and hardware store at' that place, and was at that time possessed of real estate in Ansonia…
1Opinion of the CourtStoddard, J.
At the time of the transfers in question in November, 1881, the grantor and donor, Martin L. Blackman, was about sixty-eight years of age, and during his life had accumulated in a small tin shop and hardware business property valued at about-$36,000, of which $20,000 was in real estate, and $3,000 deposited in savings banks, the remainder being his stock in trade and appliances for carrying on his business. He was childless. His first wife had died in December, 1880, and on the 8th of May, 1881, he married again, and on the 3d of November, in the same j'ear, his wife instituted proceedings…
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