Prout v. Vaughn
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book Account, with trustee process. A commissioner was appointed, who found the following facts : In March 1876, the defendant owned and occupied a farm in Danbv which, with out-lands thereto belonging, and horses, cattle, farming utensils, and other personal property thereon, of the value of about $1,600, which he also owned, was worth about $15,600. He also owned four farms in Wallingford, several farms and lots of land in Mount Tabor, and an interest in a house in…
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Book Account, with trustee process. A commissioner was appointed, who found the following facts : In March 1876, the defendant owned and occupied a farm in Danbv which, with out-lands thereto belonging, and horses, cattle, farming utensils, and other personal property thereon, of the value of about $1,600, which he also owned, was worth about $15,600. He also owned four farms in Wallingford, several farms and lots of land in Mount Tabor, and an interest in a house in Tinmouth of the value of $150. He then owed his daughter, the trustee Catherine, upwards of $1,700, and his son, the trustee…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Barrett, J.
The statute enacts, chapter 65, s. 28, that all fraudulent conveyances of lands, or of any estate or interest therein, procured, made, or suffered, with intent to avoid any right, debt, or duty of any person, shall, as against such person, be utterly void. The same is in substance and effect repeated in chapter 113, s. 32, and by section 33 it is made a penal offense.
*457The report states the various conveyances of real estate and personal property made by the defendant to his children, two of whom are the trustees summoned in this case, and…
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