Blunt v. Conn

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court, delivered by

Mathews, J.

The petition in this case states the plaintiff to be one of the creditors and syndic of the estate of the' defendant, an insolvent debtor; fraud is alleged against him in consequence of having withheld from his creditors the sum of two hundred and forty-two dollars, by concealing a note of hand given to him by one J. Smith, which was afterwards paid to the insolvent. In answer to this suit, several exceptions are pleaded, and also the general issue. The court below, on the affidavit of the plaintiff, and in pursuance of…