Pell v. Tredwell
Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Appeal from chancery. Joshua Pell, junior, the appellant, a man of fortune, is the maternal uncle of Hannah Tredwell, the respondent. From 1804, when he became a widower, without children, until subsequent to 1812, he took a particular interest in the welfare of the family of his brother-in-law, and in the management of its con= cerns.
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Appeal from chancery. Joshua Pell, junior, the appellant, a man of fortune, is the maternal uncle of Hannah Tredwell, the respondent. From 1804, when he became a widower, without children, until subsequent to 1812, he took a particular interest in the welfare of the family of his brother-in-law, and in the management of its con= cerns. In 1806, his sister, Mrs. Tredwell, to whom he was greatly attached, died, and when on her death bed he promised her to be a father to her children, of whom she left nine, viz. three sons and six daughters. Tredwell, his brother-in-law, though the owner of a…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinions were delivered :
Chief Justice Savage,
after commenting upon the facts as they appeared from the pleadings and proofs, came to the conclusion that the appellant not only knew of the deed at the time of its execution, but that he advised to the measure and approved of the act. The chief justice then proceeds as follows: The only remaining question in the case is whether the conveyance is fraudulent and void as against the appellant 1 Previous to the decision in tins court in the case of Seward v. Jackson, 8 Cowen, 406, the law was supposed to be settled that a voluntary…
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- Ogden v. SaundersSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
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