Muller v. Cox

This is a creditor's bill to reach funds in the hands of the defendant, said to be held in trust for the judgment debtor.

In September, 1920, one of the defendants, Cox, being indebted to the complainant, deserted his wife, Ellen, and disappeared. Neither she nor any of her acquaintances have ever heard from him since. His wife appears to have made very strenuous efforts to find Cox for a considerable period of time after his disappearance. On the 24th day of October, 1920, his wife executed her will. The important paragraph, disposing of all her property, took the following peculiar form:

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