RANDOLPH'S EXECUTOR V. QUIDNICK CO., 135 U. S. 457 (1890)

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Randolph's Executor v. Quidnick Co., 135 U.S. 457 (1890)

Randolph's Executor v. Quidnick Company

No. 213

Argued March 13-14, 1890

Decided April 14, 1890

135 U.S. 457

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED

STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

Syllabus

A court of equity will not lend its aid to enforce a sale of property under execution where the disproportion between the value of the property sold and the sum paid for it is so great as to shock the conscience.

Where a debtor, having large and scattered properties and being much embarrassed, transfers his property for the benefit of his creditors equally, equity requires that any creditor who is not satisfied with the provisions of such transfer should act promptly in challenge thereof, or else be adjudged to have waived any right of challenge.