Carlisle v. Rich
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Tins was a writ of entry, brought to recover a tract of land in Northumberland, and was tried upon the general issue, and a verdict taken by consent for the demandant, subject to the opinion of the court upon the following case.
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Tins was a writ of entry, brought to recover a tract of land in Northumberland, and was tried upon the general issue, and a verdict taken by consent for the demandant, subject to the opinion of the court upon the following case. Thomas S. Tillotson, as principal, and Thomas Peverly, senior, and Benjamin Peverly, as sureties, on the 3d September, 1822, executed a bond to the judge of probate, in the sum of .$‘25,000 for the due administration of the estate of John M. Tillotson. On the 1st of July, 1826, Thomas Peverly, senior, by deed conveyed to Thomas Peverly, junior, the farm on which he…
1Opinion of the CourtUpfiAM, J.
By the statute of 3 Hen. 7, ch. 4, all deeds of gift of goods and chattels, in trust for the donor, were declared void; and by the statute of 13 Eliz., ch. 5, gifts of goods and chattels, as well as of. lands, by writing or otherwise, made with intent to delay, hinder and defraud creditors, were rendered void as against the person to whom such fraud would be prejudicial.
The English decisions under these statues have been, both at law and equity, that voluntary conveyances, and even family settlements of lands or chattels, (which appear to be favored more than any other species of conveyance,)…
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