Morse v. Godfrey
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Bill in equity. The bill in substance stated: “That on the nineteenth day of March last, the said William Beed resided and did business in said Taunton, as a merchant or trader, and was then possessed of and entitled to certain real and personal estates of great value, and was indebted to sundry persons in large sums of money, exceeding in amount the value of his estates, and was insolvent, and in failing circumstances, and unable to meet his debts and engagements,' as he…
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Bill in equity. The bill in substance stated: “That on the nineteenth day of March last, the said William Beed resided and did business in said Taunton, as a merchant or trader, and was then possessed of and entitled to certain real and personal estates of great value, and was indebted to sundry persons in large sums of money, exceeding in amount the value of his estates, and was insolvent, and in failing circumstances, and unable to meet his debts and engagements,' as he the said William Beed then fully apprehended and knew; that the said William Beed was then indebted to the said Charles…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
On the 19th of March, 1842, William Reed (the bankrupt) made the two deeds of conveyance on mortgage to Godfrey, which are now sought to be set aside as fraudulent and void, under the bankrupt act of 1841, c. 9. On the same day, Reed signed and swore to a petition for the benefit of the bankrupt act, as a voluntary bankrupt; and his petition was filed in the district court on the succeeding Monday, (the 21st of March), and has been acted upon in the district court, and Reed has since, -under the same, been declared a bankrupt. One of these deeds purported to convey to…
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