Burns v. Hobbs
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
The bill alleges that David L. Hobbs was indebted to the plaintiff, upon a contract made in 1833 ; that he brought suit upon said contract against said David, and attached a certain farm in Parsonsfield, in February, 1841. That in said suit, he recovered judgment in 1847, for $2579 damage and $49,59 costs; that within thirty days, he caused said farm to be levied and set off to him upon the execution issued on said judgment.
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The bill alleges that David L. Hobbs was indebted to the plaintiff, upon a contract made in 1833 ; that he brought suit upon said contract against said David, and attached a certain farm in Parsonsfield, in February, 1841. That in said suit, he recovered judgment in 1847, for $2579 damage and $49,59 costs; that within thirty days, he caused said farm to be levied and set off to him upon the execution issued on said judgment. That in 1834 said David, then being seized of said farm in fee, conveyed it to his son, John Hobbs, one of these defendants, by a deed conditioned to be void, if said…
1Opinion of the CourtHoward, J.
Dearborn, one of the defendants, has demurred to a portion of the bill and answered the remainder. This demurrer presents all the questions that arise, in this stage of the proceedings. Considerations of form or substance, not noticed by the parties, and not presented by the demurrer, are waived in the present examination.
The plaintiff claims to have acquired title to certain land, by virtue of an attachment and of a levy thereon, as the property of David L. Hobbs, one of the defendants; and he alleges that David L. Hobbs deeded the premises to his son, John Hobbs, another of the defendants;…
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- Jewett v. PalmerNew York Court of Chancery · 1823
- Varick v. BriggsNew York Court of Chancery · 1837
- Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church v. JaquesNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
- Livingston v. LivingstonNew York Court of Chancery · 1820
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