Leonard v. Bolton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Charges op fraud, filed August 8, 1889, by the complainant in a bastardy process against the respondent, who, after being adjudged the father of the child, was committed to jail on April 10, 1889, for a failure to contribute to its support.
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Charges op fraud, filed August 8, 1889, by the complainant in a bastardy process against the respondent, who, after being adjudged the father of the child, was committed to jail on April 10, 1889, for a failure to contribute to its support. The charges which were made upon his application to take the oath for the relief of poor prisoners were, that the respondent, “ since the cause of action accrued ” to the complainant, had “ fraudulently conveyed, concealed, and otherwise disposed of a part of his estate, with a design to secure the same to his own use and defraud his creditors, namely, by…
1Opinion of the CourtC. Allen, J.
Under the statutes relating to the maintenance of bastard children, “ Whoever has been imprisoned ninety days for having failed to comply with an order of the court, as provided in this chapter, shall have the benefit of the laws for the relief of poor prisoners committed on execution,” upon giving certain notices. Pub. Sts. c. 85, § 20. This section places such a person, in this respect, in the position of a poor debtor; he is entitled to avail himself of the provisions in behalf of poor debtors. That is to say, he may apply to take the poor debtor’s oath. Mo further provisions being made in…
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- Young v. MakepeaceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Everett v. HendersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Anderson v. EdwardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Foster v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
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