This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...of Frauds iu 1677, which also made estates pur outer vie legal assets for the benefit of the creditors of a deceased owner (k). Until the year 1691, however, an unconscientious testator was able to defeat the claims, even of his specialty creditors, by devising his lands to strangers; for the claim of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...of Frauds iu 1677, which also made estates pur outer vie legal assets for the benefit of the creditors of a deceased owner (k). Until the year 1691, however, an unconscientious testator was able to defeat the claims, even of his specialty creditors, by devising his lands to strangers; for the claim of the creditor was only against the heir, unless indeed the testator had charged his lands with the payment of his debts. But by a statute of that year, commonly known as the Statute of Fraudulent Devises, a creditor in such circumstances was enabled to sue the (h) Inheritance Act, 1833, (i) Co. Litt. 386 a. s. 1. (k) bs. 10 (3), 12 (3). devisee along with the heir, and thus to defeat the operation of the latter's plea of riens per descent (I). It will be observed, however, that, up to this point, specialty creditors had a great advantage over creditors by simple contract, so far as the deceased's real estate was concerned; inasmuch as they were alone entitled to be paid out of legal assets, i.e., such assets as could be reached by suing the heir or devisee directly, without recourse to a suit in equity. This advantage they continued to enjoy, at least to some extent, until less than half a century ago. For, although they were gradually admitted to a claim against legal assets (m), the claim of the simple contract creditors was always, until the year 1869, postponed until the claims of specialty creditors had been fully satisfied. At length, however, by the Administration of Estates Act of that year, usually called Hinde Palmer's Act, the equitable rule of equality was fully adopted, and all substantial preference of specialty creditors abolished (-). Except, however, in the case of copyholds, the claim of the creditors will now, in the case of...
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