Redman v. Hurley
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In Equity. On Defendant’s Appeal, Exceptions and Motion for New Trial. This was a bill in equity under which the plaintiff, as assignee in insolvency of Colin McKenzie, sought to recover as assets of said McKenzie an undivided half of the Eagle Hotel, so-called, at Bar Harbor, together with an undivided half of the furniture in the hotel. ■ The defendant claimed title to the same, it being personal property, and situated on leased land, by a bill of sale to him from the said…
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In Equity. On Defendant’s Appeal, Exceptions and Motion for New Trial. This was a bill in equity under which the plaintiff, as assignee in insolvency of Colin McKenzie, sought to recover as assets of said McKenzie an undivided half of the Eagle Hotel, so-called, at Bar Harbor, together with an undivided half of the furniture in the hotel. ■ The defendant claimed title to the same, it being personal property, and situated on leased land, by a bill of sale to him from the said McKenzie dated November 7, 1892, and recorded November 9, 1892, in the town of Eden. The plaintiff claimed that the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaskell, J.
This is a bill in equity, brought by the assignee of an insolvent debtor, to set aside a conveyance, by the insolvent to the defendant in fraud of the insolvent law.
*434A verdict was rendered below in favor of the plaintiff, and was followed by a decree thereon granting the relief prayed for. Exceptions to the admissibility of evidence, and to the rulings of the presiding justice to the jury were allowed below and are presented here. A motion filed below to set aside the verdict, as against both law and evidence, is also presented here for decision. The defendant also brings the cause up on…
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