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80 Me. 461

Davis v. Walton

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 25, 1888

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1888-07-25

Bill in equity. The bill alleges that the plaintiff is the creditor of Paul Walton, and that the other defendant holds the title to the real estate of Paul Walton by, or through a conveyance which is fraudulent and void as to creditors, and prays that Paul Walton bo required to pay him the amount of his debt, or the other defendant be required to give him a good and sufficient deed of the real estate. The other material facts are stated in the opinion.

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Decided 1888-07-25

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Walton, J.

¶1We think the dismissal of the plaintiff’s bill was right. He claims relief as a creditor. The proof is that at the time of filing his bill he had ceased to be a creditor. His debt had become merged in a judgment, and an execution which had been issued upon the judgment had been satisfied in full by a sale of the debtor’s interest in real estate. The plaintiff was the purchaser, and if the debtor’s interest was npt as great or as valuable as the plaintiff supposed, his remedy, if any, must be as a purchaser and not as a creditor. He has ceased to be a creditor. Such was the opinion of the justice by whom the case was heard at nisi prius; and upon this ground he dismissed the bill with costs. We think the dismissal was right.

¶2Decree dismissing the bill with costs affirmed.

Peters, C. J., Danforth, Libbey, Emery and Haskell, JJ., concurred.
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