When the debt has been previously assigned for a valuable consideration, the creditor named in the execution holds an estate levied on to satisfy it in trust for his assignee, who is entitled to a conveyance thereof, which may be enforced by a civil action. <div
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 2015
Debt assigned; estate held in trust for assignee
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