Cunningham v. Avakian

Reid, Chief Justice.

This is an action by the trustee in bankruptcy of Vosgan Aaron Avakian, to set aside deeds executed by the bankrupt to Julia B. Hunt. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. The plaintiff excepted to the overruling of his motion for new trial.

The judge instructed the jury to the general effect that the deeds should be set aside if they found that they were made by Avakian with the intention to delay or defraud creditors and this was known to the grantee, Julia B. Hunt, and not otherwise. The plaintiff makes the point that this was erroneous, first because…