Rothschild v. Knight
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ or error, to reverse a judgment of the Superior Court rendered in an action of tort brought by the defendant in error, as assignee in insolvency of one McKeon, against the plaintiffs in error, to recover the value of goods alleged to have been conveyed to them by the insolvent debtor in fraud of the laws relating to insolvency.
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Writ or error, to reverse a judgment of the Superior Court rendered in an action of tort brought by the defendant in error, as assignee in insolvency of one McKeon, against the plaintiffs in error, to recover the value of goods alleged to have been conveyed to them by the insolvent debtor in fraud of the laws relating to insolvency. The errors assigned were (1) that there was no valid and effectual attachment of the goods, estate, or effects of the plaintiffs in error; (2) that the action was an attempt to acquire jurisdiction of the plaintiffs in error, who are non-residents, by attaching a…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The proceedings at the hearing were correct. Under our present practice issues of law and issues of fact may be joined in the pleadings upon a writ of error. Eliot v. McCormick, 141 Mass. 194. A single justice may properly hear all the evidence on the issues of fact, and, if he chooses, report the case to the full court.
The questions principally discussed at the argument have been fully considered in recent cases of high authority, and decided adversely to the plaintiffs in error. There was an attachment in due form by trustee process of debts due the original defendants from debtors residing…
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