Cowles v. Dickinson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ of ENTRY, dated February 2, 1885, against Sarah A. Dickinson and Edmund N. Dickinson, to recover a parcel of land in Amherst. Plea, nul disseisin. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Barker, J., who reported the case for the determination of this court, in substance as follows: The land in controversy was conveyed by Edmund FT.
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Writ of ENTRY, dated February 2, 1885, against Sarah A. Dickinson and Edmund N. Dickinson, to recover a parcel of land in Amherst. Plea, nul disseisin. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Barker, J., who reported the case for the determination of this court, in substance as follows: The land in controversy was conveyed by Edmund FT. Dickinson, through one Pease, to Sarah A. Dickinson, his wife, by a conveyance which was claimed to be fraudulent as against said Dickinson’s creditors. This conveyance was completed by deeds acknowledged on May 11, 1882, and recorded, one on the…
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
At the time of the levy by the sheriff upon the demanded premises by sale thereof, there was a valid mortgage thereon. The sheriff offered for sale and sold “ the real estate, and right, title, and interest in the same that said Edmund N. Dickinson had on the 24th day of April, 1884.” The record title was in the name of Sarah A. Dickinson, and the conveyance to her by Edmund N. Dickinson was claimed to be fraudulent as against his creditors.
*375The tenant requested the judge to rule, that the demandant was not entitled to recover because of the insufficiency of the attachment, levy, and sale by…
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