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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... erty or its proceeds.2 A transfer of specific property to a creditor in discharge of a pre - existing debt is in effect a sale . An assignment of itself does not satisfy the claims of the creditors to any extent , but provides a method ...
... erty or its proceeds.2 A transfer of specific property to a creditor in discharge of a pre - existing debt is in effect a sale . An assignment of itself does not satisfy the claims of the creditors to any extent , but provides a method ...
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... erty of the debtor never came into the possession of the committee , who merely acted in an advisory manner and the cashier as a clerk , it was held , that the committee and cashier were not trustees as to the property of the debtor for ...
... erty of the debtor never came into the possession of the committee , who merely acted in an advisory manner and the cashier as a clerk , it was held , that the committee and cashier were not trustees as to the property of the debtor for ...
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... erty . A deed conveying land to a trustee as mere collateral security for the pay- ment of a debt , with the condition that it shall become void on the payment of the debt when due , and with power to the trustee to sell the land and ...
... erty . A deed conveying land to a trustee as mere collateral security for the pay- ment of a debt , with the condition that it shall become void on the payment of the debt when due , and with power to the trustee to sell the land and ...
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... erty results from that absolute ownership which every man claims over that which is his own . " Marshall , C. J. , in Brashear v . West , 7 Pet . 608 , 614. Gar- laud , J. , in The United States v . The Bank of the United States , 8 Rob ...
... erty results from that absolute ownership which every man claims over that which is his own . " Marshall , C. J. , in Brashear v . West , 7 Pet . 608 , 614. Gar- laud , J. , in The United States v . The Bank of the United States , 8 Rob ...
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... erty to a portion of creditors , to the exclusion and injury of the other creditors , of persons who fail in trade , or are in- debted at the time of such assignment or transfer . " Under the code of Georgia , preferences are not now ...
... erty to a portion of creditors , to the exclusion and injury of the other creditors , of persons who fail in trade , or are in- debted at the time of such assignment or transfer . " Under the code of Georgia , preferences are not now ...
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amount Appeal appoint assent assigned property assignee assignor Bank bankruptcy Barb benefit of creditors bond Brightley cestui que trust chattels choses in action cited claims clause Conn conveyance conveyed copartner Court of Chancery court of equity cred debtor debtor's property debts due declared deed of trust defraud delay discharge dividend equity erty execution filed firm fraud fraudulent and void fraudulent conveyances fund give grantor Gratt held hinder insolvent instrument intent interest invalid inventory Iowa itors judgment Justice liability lien ment mortgage N. J. Eq Ohio St paid Paige partner payment Penn Pennsylvania personal property Pick possession preferred creditors prop property assigned provision real estate release rule Sandf schedule sell signee signment Smith Stat statute stipulation supra Supreme Court surplus tion transfer usurious valid voluntary assignment Wend York
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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.