Fourth National Bank v. Mead
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on August 17,1911, to reach and apply, in payment of a debt alleged to be due to the plaintiff from the defendant’s testator, property alleged to have been conveyed to the defendant individually by the testator with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud his creditors. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Jenney, J. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on August 17,1911, to reach and apply, in payment of a debt alleged to be due to the plaintiff from the defendant’s testator, property alleged to have been conveyed to the defendant individually by the testator with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud his creditors. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Jenney, J. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The objection that the court had no jurisdiction of the case was not raised either in the pleadings, as stated in the opinion, or at any point in the hearing in the Superior Court or…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The bill is brought against the defendant as •executrix of her husband’s will to have the indebtedness due from him to the plaintiff at the time of his death on three promissory notes for money lent established, and against her individually to reach and apply three parcels of real property alleged to have been deeded to her with the intention of hindering, delaying and defrauding the testator’s creditors. It is averred and the answer admits that the estate has been represented insolvent under the R. L. c. 142, § 2, and commissioners have been appointed by the Probate Court to receive proof of…
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