Eliot Discount Corp. v. Dame

The plaintiff, Eliot Discount Corporation (Eliot Discount), brought this action seeking to have a conveyance of certain real estate set aside as a fraudulent transaction under G. L. c. 109A, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act. The conveyance was made in July of 1972 by one defendant, Francis W. Dame, to himself and another defendant, Ann Milroy, as trustees of the Dame Realty Trust. 2 The case was tried before a judge in the Land Court. At the close of the plaintiff’s case, each defendant made an oral motion for a directed verdict. 3 No action was taken on the motions, and the defendants…