Stoddard v. Locke
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill in chancery. The case was heard at the September term, 1869, Barrett, Chancellor, upon bill, answers, and evidence, and a plea of discharge in bankruptcy, and stipulation thereto by the orator ; whereupon it was ordered by the court that the bill bo dismissed with costs. Appeal by the orator. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Steele, J.
I. The material facts in this case are as follows : In 1864 the orator recovered judgment against the defendant, James L. Locke, for $635.77 and costs. This judgment has never been paid. The orator, in June, 1865, sued the judgment, and summoned, as Locke’s trustees, Charles R. Brown, John E. Butler, and William H. Carr. The fund which the orator sought to attach and hold by that trustee process arose from a certain note of about $650, in favor of Locke’s wife, against said Brown. This note, the orator insisted, and in this upon trial he…
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