Parsons v. Robinson

PRESTON J., Dissenting.

I respectfully dissent from the views announced by Mr. Justice Curtis in the above cause. The undisputed facts disclosed by the findings are that the deed in question was made by Robinson to his wife solely to qualify her as a bondsman upon the bail bond required of him in the federal court. The understanding was that when liability ceased on said bond the property was to be reconveyed. No consideration other than this called the transaction into being.

The opinion holds that inasmuch as the wife was required to take an oath that she was worth the amount of the bail over…