First National Bank of Lewiston v. Conant

The defendant had, within four months following general attachment of his real estate on the writ in this action, been adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt. The trustee in bankruptcy intervened, for the preservation of the lien, otherwise annulled, for the benefit of the estate. Remington on Bankruptcy, Secs. 627, 628. The defendant’s wife, to whom he had, years before, conveyed the family home, but whose deed was not recorded until five days after the attachment, was joined as party defendant in the writ. She is defending. The question for decision is the propriety of the allowance by the trial…