Wells v. Pierce
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity. The bill alleges that, May 22, 1845, Plumer P. Wood purchased of J. B. Wood a lot of land at Great Falls, and, on the 31st of July, 1845, he purchased of G. Young an adjoining lot, and on the same day mortgaged the last lot to E. Wood, to secure §300. On the 15th of October following, he mortgaged both tracts to L. S. Hill, to secure §400 on a note, dated April 3,1842, §600 on a note, dated October 7, 1844, and §300 on a note of October 15,1845. P. P. Wood,…
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Bill in Equity. The bill alleges that, May 22, 1845, Plumer P. Wood purchased of J. B. Wood a lot of land at Great Falls, and, on the 31st of July, 1845, he purchased of G. Young an adjoining lot, and on the same day mortgaged the last lot to E. Wood, to secure §300. On the 15th of October following, he mortgaged both tracts to L. S. Hill, to secure §400 on a note, dated April 3,1842, §600 on a note, dated October 7, 1844, and §300 on a note of October 15,1845. P. P. Wood, on the 22d of October, 1845, and before, was and had been in trade, in partnership with Daniel W. Quimby, and they had a…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The facts stated in the bill are to be taken as admittted, according to the allegations, upon a demurrer. Mitf. Eq. PI. 14; Welf. Eq. PI. 261; Story Eqf PL 292.
The substance of the bill is, that the defendant attached the lands now in suit, then owned by P. P. Wood, subject to mortgages, and the stock in trade of Wood & Quimby, to secure a debt of Chapman & Pierce, of which firm the defendant is surviving partner. He, with others, acting as a committee of the Boston creditors of Wood & Q,uimby, investigated the affairs of Wood & Q,uimby, and agreed with them that they should give up their…
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