Wyman v. Richardson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. The late Amos Wyman was indebted to William Wyman, who obtained judgment upon his debt and levied the execution upon certain parcels of land which the said Amos had conveyed to his wife, who is now the present defendant, and which they had jointly conveyed to her brother, Henry L. Fox, as appears by the report of the bill and proceedings in equity brought and prosecuted by said William against said Fox and this defendant, then Mrs. Wyman, in 55 Maine, 523, and…
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On exceptions. The late Amos Wyman was indebted to William Wyman, who obtained judgment upon his debt and levied the execution upon certain parcels of land which the said Amos had conveyed to his wife, who is now the present defendant, and which they had jointly conveyed to her brother, Henry L. Fox, as appears by the report of the bill and proceedings in equity brought and prosecuted by said William against said Fox and this defendant, then Mrs. Wyman, in 55 Maine, 523, and 59 Maine, 100, the object of which was to compel them to release to him, and thus remove the cloud upon his title,…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
The case comes before us upon exceptions to the refusals of the justice presiding to give certain requested instructions.
A fraudulent conveyance is no transfer of the title as against creditors. The demandant, therefore by his levy, acquired a legal title to the estate of Amos Wyman upon which he had levied. Wyman v. Fox, 55 Maine, 523. The bill in equity by Wyman against Eox and another was for the purpose of removing any possible cloud resting upon the title thus acquired. Wyman v. Fox, 59 Maine, 100.
By R. S., c. 103, § 4. “The widow shall be entitled to receive one undivided net third part…
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