Hills v. Hoitt
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Trespass, for taking the plaintiff’s goods in Dover, December 31, 1845. It was admitted that prior to September 20, 1845, the goods in question were the property of E. "W. Hills, who lived in Portsmouth, and the plaintiff^ who is his nephew, managed business for him in Dover up to that time, and claimed the goods under an alleged sale by Hills to him, of that date.
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Trespass, for taking the plaintiff’s goods in Dover, December 31, 1845. It was admitted that prior to September 20, 1845, the goods in question were the property of E. "W. Hills, who lived in Portsmouth, and the plaintiff^ who is his nephew, managed business for him in Dover up to that time, and claimed the goods under an alleged sale by Hills to him, of that date. Among other and more direct testimony to show the sale fraudulent as to creditors, the defendant, who, as a sheriff, bad attached the goods on a writ against E. W. Hills, dated September 26, 1845, introduced evidence that E. 'W.…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
The relevancy of the evidence, that other persons purchased and sent bonnets to New-York for sale, appears to depend upon the precise nature and character of the evidence offered on the other side to show fraud. This is not sufficiently stated in the case. The case finds that E. "W. Hills purchased goods in Boston, and after removing them to Portsmouth sent them to New-York, to be sold by his brother there. This transaction took place near the time of the alleged sale of the goods in question in this ease, by E. W. Hills to the plaintiff, and the evidence was introduced for the purpose of…
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