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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... rule as follows : " The creditor , when he discovers circumstances which would put a prudent man on inquiry , should ... rules of law authorizing the prefer- ence which he obtains . " To constitute a valid transfer by a debtor to his ...
... rule as follows : " The creditor , when he discovers circumstances which would put a prudent man on inquiry , should ... rules of law authorizing the prefer- ence which he obtains . " To constitute a valid transfer by a debtor to his ...
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... rule in refer- ence to the execution of assignments by creditors ratably . Lord Westbury , in commenting upon these provisions , remarked , " it was the object of the legislature in passing the 192d section of the bankruptcy act of 1861 ...
... rule in refer- ence to the execution of assignments by creditors ratably . Lord Westbury , in commenting upon these provisions , remarked , " it was the object of the legislature in passing the 192d section of the bankruptcy act of 1861 ...
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... rule so estab- lished rested upon an extended construction of the words of the statute 13 Eliz . c . 5 , incorporated into the bankrupt act , and that construction was not in harmony with the in- terpretation already placed upon these ...
... rule so estab- lished rested upon an extended construction of the words of the statute 13 Eliz . c . 5 , incorporated into the bankrupt act , and that construction was not in harmony with the in- terpretation already placed upon these ...
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... rule on this subject can be gathered from the discussion of the act during its progress through Congress , and it is not to be presumed that a rule of law which was declared by the eminent chancellor who first formulated it , to have ...
... rule on this subject can be gathered from the discussion of the act during its progress through Congress , and it is not to be presumed that a rule of law which was declared by the eminent chancellor who first formulated it , to have ...
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... rule is believed to prevail in this country , though perhaps not to the same extent . Thus where a debtor caused his property to be transferred to trustees for the payment of certain specified debts , and was subsequently adjudged ...
... rule is believed to prevail in this country , though perhaps not to the same extent . Thus where a debtor caused his property to be transferred to trustees for the payment of certain specified debts , and was subsequently adjudged ...
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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.