Dodge v. Griswold
Superior Court of New Hampshire
In Equity. Joel Griswold, one of the defendants, was defaulted. George S. Griswold answered. At the July term of this court, 1840, an issue was formed and sent to the court below, to be tried by a jury, whether a deed, conveying certain land set forth in the plaintiffs’ bill, and executed by Rebecca Griswold, 2d, to the defendants, was fraudulent as to the creditors, and the bill, answer, and testimony which had then been taken, in paper, was transmitted to the court below,…
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In Equity. Joel Griswold, one of the defendants, was defaulted. George S. Griswold answered. At the July term of this court, 1840, an issue was formed and sent to the court below, to be tried by a jury, whether a deed, conveying certain land set forth in the plaintiffs’ bill, and executed by Rebecca Griswold, 2d, to the defendants, was fraudulent as to the creditors, and the bill, answer, and testimony which had then been taken, in paper, was transmitted to the court below, with the order that it might be used on the trial of the issue. A verdict was found for the plaintiffs, and certified to…
1Opinion of the Court
Upham, J.*
The substance of this case appears in the issue which was transferred to the court below for trial. This issue was to determine whether a deed, purporting to convey a certain tract of land in Walpole, described in the plaintiffs’ bill, and which is the same land attached by him, was fraudulent as to creditors.
The proper determination of this cpiestion is conclusive as to the whole case. A verdict has been found against the defendants. It is contended, however, that the finding is erroneous, and that it should not properly render any aid to the judgment or conscience of the court, in…
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