Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Bickford

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided January 15, 1872PublishedCited by 27 opinions

This action was brought in the district court for Hennepin county, and was tried by the court without a jury. The defendant Bickford, who alone answered the complaint, appeals to this court from the decretal order of the district court, directing that the. account to the plaintiff for the proceeds of certain real estate fraudulently conveyed to him by the defendant Lewis. The case is fully stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

*20 By the Court.

Ripley, Ch. J.

Tbe complaint in this action alleges in brief that Lewis, being insolvent, for the purpose of defrauding his creditors, mortgaged a large amount of real estate to Bickford, and shortly after, in pursuance of the same design, conveyed the same and some other real estate to him, the parties shortly afterwards agreeing that Bickford should take all thereof in satisfaction of Lewis’ indebtedness to him, except, an undivided half of lot 4, block 12, in Minneapolis, which Bickford, who owned the other moiety, should hold on a secret trust for Lewis, to collect the rents…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Sands v. CodwiseCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1808
  2. Bean v. SmithU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1821
  3. Williams v. McGradeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1868
  4. McCarthy v. GrahamNew York Court of Chancery · 1840
  5. Hanna v. RussellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1866

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Loos v. . WilkinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  2. In re WeberNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1894
  3. In Re Petition of S. R. A. Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
  4. Stoebner v. Ritchie Capital Management, L.L.C. (In re Polaroid Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 2012
  5. Jackson v. BadgerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886

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