A Treatise on the Law and Practice of Voluntary Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors: As Adapted to the Laws of the Various States |
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... decisions ( chiefly American , and some of great interest and importance ) , has considerably increased the size of the volume ; but , with the excep- tion of a few portions which have been rewritten , the general ar- rangement of the ...
... decisions ( chiefly American , and some of great interest and importance ) , has considerably increased the size of the volume ; but , with the excep- tion of a few portions which have been rewritten , the general ar- rangement of the ...
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... decisions , even in the same State , leaving emi- nent judges sometimes at a loss to determine on which side lay the preponderance . In other States , the current of decisions , after hav- ing been for some time uniform in one direction ...
... decisions , even in the same State , leaving emi- nent judges sometimes at a loss to determine on which side lay the preponderance . In other States , the current of decisions , after hav- ing been for some time uniform in one direction ...
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... decisions . In the case of Tompkins v . Wheeler , 1 in the Supreme Court of the United States , the conveyance , which was directly to creditors of certain classes , in trust to pay debts , is called a general " assignment or mortgage ...
... decisions . In the case of Tompkins v . Wheeler , 1 in the Supreme Court of the United States , the conveyance , which was directly to creditors of certain classes , in trust to pay debts , is called a general " assignment or mortgage ...
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... decisions , which extended the right of assignment , as in other States , to the giving of pref- erences to one or more creditors over others . Had it not been for this allowed feature of preference , the system of as- signment might ...
... decisions , which extended the right of assignment , as in other States , to the giving of pref- erences to one or more creditors over others . Had it not been for this allowed feature of preference , the system of as- signment might ...
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... of the insolvent laws , but they were held to be inoperative . See also Mann v . Huston , Id . 250 . Decided at the same term . 1 Gray , 245 . the parties were bound by it . Since these decisions § 24. ] 35 MASSACHUSETTS .
... of the insolvent laws , but they were held to be inoperative . See also Mann v . Huston , Id . 250 . Decided at the same term . 1 Gray , 245 . the parties were bound by it . Since these decisions § 24. ] 35 MASSACHUSETTS .
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Common terms and phrases
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Page 471 - Every conveyance or assignment, in writing or otherwise, of any estate or interest in lands, or in goods or things .in action, or of any rents or profits issuing therefrom, and every charge upon lands, goods, or things in action, or upon the rents...
Page 752 - Now, this indenture witnesseth that the said party of the first part, in consideration of the premises, and of the sum of one dollar to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged...
Page 144 - Campau was said to be worth $100,000; but when the change of times came, he made an assignment of all his property for the benefit of his creditors, except the Old Congregational Church, which he deeded to his mother.
Page 56 - ... made any pledge, payment, transfer, assignment, or conveyance of any part of his property, directly or indirectly, absolutely or conditionally, for the purpose of preferring any creditor or person having a claim against him, or who is or may be under liability for him, or for the purpose of preventing the property from coming into the hands of the assignee, or of being distributed under this act in satisfaction of his debts...
Page 779 - America, to be paid to the said , or to his certain attorney, heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, for which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, our and each of our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Page 468 - ... shall be from henceforth deemed and taken (only as against that person or persons, his or their heirs, successors, executors, administrators and assigns, and every of them, whose actions, suits, debts, accounts, damages, penalties, forfeitures, heriots, mortuaries and reliefs, by such guileful, covinous, or fraudulent devices and practices, as is aforesaid, are, shall, or might be in any ways disturbed, hindered, delayed, or defrauded), to be clearly and utterly void, frustrate, and of none effect...
Page 1 - It may be defined to be a transfer of the absolute or general property In a thing for a price in money.
Page 341 - All deeds of gift, all conveyances, and all transfers or assignments, verbal or written, of goods, chattels, or things in action, made in trust for the use of the person making the same, shall be void as against the creditors, existing or subsequent, of such person.
Page 745 - ... at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained, sold, assigned, transferred and set over, and by these presents...
Page 569 - The undertaking shall be in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100), or such greater sum as the court shall fix upon good cause shown, with at least two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court. Unless the plaintiff files such undertaking within 20 days after service of a demand therefor, his action shall be dismissed.