Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-26
NOVEL CHANCERY SUIT.
creditors Claim Palmer Conveyed
Property to Eyndc Creditors.

bill in chanccry has been entered In
Chittenden county court on behalf OF
! X. Booth, the Fowler Bottling works,
the News publishing company, the r.. J.
Thomas Grocery Gram and Feed com
pany and Alice Fisk all of Burlington
and II. ". Pierce of liinesburgh against
Alice Palmer and Harley |. Palmer both
Of IilneshurEh. This bill sets forth that
each of the six orators who appear as
petitioners. have obtained judgments in
default in justice courts against said
Harley Palmer Each judgment is set
forth in detail in the bill and execution,
IT is alleged has issued upon each judg-
mont which has been levied by Deputy
Sheriff Todd upon the land ana real cs-
tate situated on the east side Of Main
street in said fIinesburgh "nown and des-
ignated as the lIncsburgh Hotel prop
crtv and the same as to Harley Palmer,
defendant, was conveyed by G.. -. Boyn-
ton hv warranty deed dated May 10. 1904
and recorded in the land records of said
town. Vol. %, page 1886.
Tho orators further set forth that said
H. l.. Palmer and said Alice Palmer by
quit claim deed to said q. u. Boynton
for one dollar and other valuable con-
sideratlon ~ therein stated did to said
G. 4. Roynton convey the real estate
norein before described on April 10. 1907,
and that on said date by quit claim decd
FOR the Same consideration AS named in
said last named decd said q. y. Boynton
ala convey to said Alice Palmer the real
estate above named and that the legal
title to said property stil rests in said
Alice Palmer"
az oil
vovancc Of said realty hereinbefore de-
erribcd by quit claim deed from Palmer
and wife to Boynton and from Boynton
| by out, claim deed to Alice Palmer both
| of date April 10. 1907. were in the belief If
Your orators based upon Information
sound and reliable, totally without con-
sderation actually passing between any
of said parties to said alleged transfer
| but on the part of caca - said paftles
| thereto was made fraudulentlY. dcceitful-
~. maliciousy and illegally and in no way
| otherwise, with the real intent ana de-
lihcrate purpose on tn" part OF each OF
, the parties hereto to anticipate the afore-
said actions at law AGAINST Sald de'
PENDANT; all for debts justly due and ow'
| ing: and to place the property attempted
to be conveyed to said Alice Palmer be
yond the reach of legal process ISSUING
upon the final judgments IN said actions
The petitioners further claim that No
part of the original purchase price o
| said real estate came directly through
said Alice Palmer saw her ordinary
duties of a wife may have in small de
gree assisted said Palm-r in the acquire
mcnt Of said property. but that said prop
erty practically in the entire. represent
the capital ana labor Of said II. l.. Pal
mor and that his money alone passed int
it's original purchase price; that san
| Alice Palmer has sine" the date of tn
said alleged and pretended transfer u
her of said property manifested n
greater interest in said property so con
veyod to her than before and that salt
H. H. Palmer has no other or dlTeren
real estate than the above in which h
has any discoverable attachablc inter
est"
Finally the petitioners pray that tn
aforesaid pretended deeds OF said Harle,
L. Palmer ana said Alice Palmer to sal
G. u. Boynton and from said Boynton t
said Alice Palmer both Of date April Is
1907 be each declared null and void am
as though they IL GER had been in orde
that said property be held to satisfy tn
executions horc'uhefore described no'
levied thereon"
. Martin s Villas represents the petition
ers and Brown Hopkins the defend
ants.