Worden v. Morigeau
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Sanders County; B. Lee Mc-Culloch, Judge. Action by H. O. Worden, trustee of Eli Morigeau, bankrupt, against Joseph Morigeau. From a judgment for defendant and an order denying a new trial, plaintiff appeals. The phrase, “reasonable cause to believe,” as used in this section of the Bankruptcy Act, has been construed and defined in many opinions. It covers substantially the same field as “notice.”
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Appeal from District Court, Sanders County; B. Lee Mc-Culloch, Judge. Action by H. O. Worden, trustee of Eli Morigeau, bankrupt, against Joseph Morigeau. From a judgment for defendant and an order denying a new trial, plaintiff appeals. The phrase, “reasonable cause to believe,” as used in this section of the Bankruptcy Act, has been construed and defined in many opinions. It covers substantially the same field as “notice.” It does not mean actual knowledge, but only such information as would put an ordinarily prudent man upon inquiry. (Blyfh & Fargo Co. v. Eastor, 17 Wyo. 180, 97 Pac. 921;…
1Opinion of the Court
MR'. JUSTICE COOPER
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was instituted in the court below by appellant, as trustee in bankruptcy of Eli Morigeau, who received patent for his Indian allotment embracing the west half of the northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 25, township 17 north, range 21 west of the Montana meridian, situated in Sanders county, on August 26, 1912. By deed dated December 16, 1913, recorded on the *67thirty-first day of that month, the consideration being a preexisting indebtedness amounting to the sum of $12,000, Eli…
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