Nippes's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery county: No. 42, to January Term 1874. The proceedings in this case arose under the following circumstances, as found by the report of Charles H. Stinson, Esq., auditor.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery county: No. 42, to January Term 1874. The proceedings in this case arose under the following circumstances, as found by the report of Charles H. Stinson, Esq., auditor. On the 13th of April 1850, Jesse W. Ramsey conveyed to Daniel S. Nippes a tract of about 57 acres of land, the considera-tion was $1600, of which $700 were paid by his father, who made the contract for the land; the remaining $900 were secured by a judgment from Daniel S. Nippes to Ramsey. On tbe 11th of August 1853, D. S. Nippes conveyed the premises to T. L. Young, the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion-of the court was delivered, May 11th 1874, by
Sharswood, J.
The learned judge below — starting with the assumption that Daniel S. Nippes, in August 1853, when he made the gift to, or voluntary settlement upon his wife, was indebted to Jesse W. Ramsey for the balance of the purchase-money, and that such an indebtedness invalidated the conveyance, if it was of all the husband’s property, and more therefore than a reasonable provision for the wife — came logically to the conclusion that the gift or conveyance was void against the husband’s creditors. But *478the debt to Ramsey clearly was…
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