Carr v. Hilton
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
[In equity. Bill by Joshua "Wingate Carr, assignee in bankruptcy of "William Smith, against Stephen Hilton et al., to reach certain alleged assets of the bankrupt. The defendant demurs to the bill.]
1Opinion of the Court
CURTIS, Circuit Justice. J.
Wingate Carr, as assignee in bankruptcy of William Smith, has filed his bill in equity, stating that Smith was decreed a bankrupt, and the complain'ant appointed his assignee, in February, 1843; that the amount of debts sworn to by the bankrupt was large, while the assets disclosed by him were not sufficient to pay the charges of the bankruptcy; that at different dates, between the years 1834 and 1840, inclusive, the bankrupt being insolvent, for the purpose of concealing his property from his creditors, made sundry conveyances thereof to the defendant, and facts…
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