Holmes v. Winchester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ oe entry, by the assignees in insolvency of George 0. Winchester, to recover an undivided half of certain real estate in Fitchburg.
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Writ oe entry, by the assignees in insolvency of George 0. Winchester, to recover an undivided half of certain real estate in Fitchburg. Trial in the Superior Court, before Knowlton, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows: There was evidence tending to show the due appointment of the demandants as assignees of George C. Winchester upon adverse proceedings commenced against him on September 1, 1879, by his creditors, and the assignment of his estate to the demandants in January, 1880. It appeared that the real estate demanded was conveyed to George C. Winchester in 1868;…
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
Proceedings in insolvency were begun against George C. Winchester on September 1, 1879. The deed was delivered to the tenant on or about April 14, 1879, and was recorded on September 1, 1879. The conveyance of the land was therefore made within six months of the filing of the petition. Gen. Sts. o. 118, §§ 89, 91. The conveyance was made by Litch at the request of George C. Winchester, in whose favor Litch held the land on a resulting trust. On December 1, 1876, the tenant, at the request of her husband, George C. Winchester, released her dower in real estate, then mortgaged by him to other…
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