Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Caldwell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed April 28,1883, against Josiah Caldwell, Anita E. Caldwell, his wife, William R. Clark, Henry B. Hammond, surviving executor of the will of Benjamin E. Bates, and the Continental National Bank, alleging the following facts : Before March 18, 1872, the record title to a certain parcel of real estate in Boston stood in the name of the defendant Anita E., but the defendant Josiah was the true, beneficial, and equitable owner thereof, he having conveyed or…
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Bill in equity, filed April 28,1883, against Josiah Caldwell, Anita E. Caldwell, his wife, William R. Clark, Henry B. Hammond, surviving executor of the will of Benjamin E. Bates, and the Continental National Bank, alleging the following facts : Before March 18, 1872, the record title to a certain parcel of real estate in Boston stood in the name of the defendant Anita E., but the defendant Josiah was the true, beneficial, and equitable owner thereof, he having conveyed or caused the same to be conveyed to Anita E. with the design of securing the same from attachment by a creditor of bis, or…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is a bill in equity brought against Josiah Caldwell and Anita his wife, William B. Clark, Henry B. Hammond, executor of the will of Benjamin E. Bates, and the Continental National Bank. The bill was brought on April 28,1883, and is before us on demurrer. The material allegations are as follows:
On March 30, 1883, the plaintiff recovered a judgment against Josiah Caldwell. In that suit, it had attached, on March 18, 1872, land standing in the name of Mrs. Caldwell, on the ground that it was conveyed to her by her husband, Josiah Caldwell, in fraud of his creditors. At the time of the…
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