Ketcham v. McNamara
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by a trustee in insolvency to recover personal property fraudulently transferred by the insolvent debtor, and also for damages, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and reserved by that court, Qurtis, J., upon a demurrer to a plea in abatement, for the consideration and advice of this court.
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Action by a trustee in insolvency to recover personal property fraudulently transferred by the insolvent debtor, and also for damages, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and reserved by that court, Qurtis, J., upon a demurrer to a plea in abatement, for the consideration and advice of this court. The plea in abatement alleged that the plaintiff was appointed trustee by the Court of Probate for the district of Bridgeport, in proceedings which were begun in October, 1899, and that on and ever since July 1st, 1898, there had been in force a bankrupt law of the United…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The complaint in this action alleges that on or about August 1st, 1899, one Martin H. Kelly, being and knowing that he was then insolvent, for the purpose of defrauding his creditors, transferred certain goods, constituting all bis property, to the defendants, who received them with full knowledge of the fraud; and further, that on October 16th, 1899, he (having then no other property than that so held by the defendants) made an assignment in insolvency to the plaintiff, as trustee, who was thereafter duly confirmed as such trustee in insolvency by the Court of Probate having jurisdiction of…
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