W. R. Lovejoy & Co. v. Lee
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trustee Process. The cause was referred to a commissioner, as to the liability of the trustee, who reported the following facts : The defendant Lee, being largely in debt and insolvent, shortly previous to the attachment hereinafter mentioned, claimed that he had lost $2500 in bank hills, and publicly offered a reward for finding the same, but there was great reason to doubt whether any such loss occurred, and to believe that the claim and advertisement were merely a…
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Trustee Process. The cause was referred to a commissioner, as to the liability of the trustee, who reported the following facts : The defendant Lee, being largely in debt and insolvent, shortly previous to the attachment hereinafter mentioned, claimed that he had lost $2500 in bank hills, and publicly offered a reward for finding the same, but there was great reason to doubt whether any such loss occurred, and to believe that the claim and advertisement were merely a pretence to enable Lee to effect a compromise with his creditors. The trustee Bacon, who was a deputy sheriff, attached, upon a…
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, J.
The only questions in this case arise upon the report of the commissioner, as to the liability of the trustee, The commissioner reports the facts, and submits the questions of law to the court.
A question is made whether the written disclosure of the trustee filed in the ease is to be regarded as part of the case in connection with the report. Under the present statute the whole case, as to the liability of the trustee, is referred, and the disclosure previously filed is but evidence on the hearing before *433the commissioner, and when the commissioner professes to report the facts, and makes no…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Beckwith v. Guy Frisbie & SonsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1860
- Hurlburt v. HicksSupreme Court of Vermont · 1845
- Prentiss v. BlissSupreme Court of Vermont · 1832
- Bullard v. HicksSupreme Court of Vermont · 1845
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- Clarke v. ShawUnited States Circuit Court · 1886
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