Bidgood’s Estate.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 543, 11 December 1890, Page 2

Bidgood’s Estate.

A uisTiito of creditors in ths abovs was held at ths Deputy Official Assignee's office on Tuesday, for ths purpose of examining Mr and Mrs Bidgood, as to a bill 0! sals by Bidgood to hie wife, by way of settlement in February, 1884. Present: Messrs M. Hall, J. Maynard, A. Keefer, G. B. Moore, and J. W, Wade. Mr L. Bees appeared tor the creditors, and Mr Watson tor the debtor. Mrs Bidgood, in the course of.extutlnation, said she remembered her husband receiving money from England, and also that ha executed the bill ot sale to bar. Tbs property mentioned in the schedule to the Bill ot Hale belonged to her, end was purchased partly with money earned by hereof, and partly by some of the money reoeived by her husband from Engl .nd, Some of the articles had been purchased by her and Others by her husband. She could not remember how she became possessed of all the articles. She had no sepvra'e estate of her own. The debtor was then examined. He said that the articles mentioned in the bill of sale belonged to hie wife. They were purohasod out of the proceeds of the aa'e’of stock owned by hie wife, since the time of their marriage 20 years ago. Some of the articles might have been paid for out of tbe money he had received from England. He did not file soon after making the settlement on his wife, but was quite solvent at the time. He had made an arrangement with his creditors, but paid everyone 20s io tbe pound. There were no judgments against him about that time. He managed the carting business for his wife, and it was sonfetimes carried on by him uud sometimes by bis son. Mr Bruce gave evidence that ha only paid Mrs Bidgood £2B on tbe execution of the bill ot eale, though the consideration mentioned in the deed was £lOO. He had reoeived barley from Mrs Bidgood, and deducting tbe proceeds, the balance now dqe to him was £1617a The £2B advanced by him tp Mrs Bi igood was to pay a claim of £lB tn Mr Whintay, who had put the bailiffs In Bidgood’e bouse, and the balano) wgs (or law costs. On tbs motion of Mr Moore, seconded by Mr Keefer, it was agreed that Mr Bees should obtain counsel’s opinion as to the validity of tfie bill ot sale to Mrs Bidgood, when the Assignee is to call a meeting of creditors tq consider what action shall be taken,