Ives v. Ives

Hast, C. J.,

(after stating the facts). This suit is biased upon § 70 of Crawford & Mioses’ Digest, which gives the executor or administrator of any fraudulent grantor, who, by deed, shall have conveyed an interest in land with intent to defraud his creditors in the collection of their just demands, the right to apply to a court of chancery to have the same set aside for the use and benefit of the heirs-at-law of the fraudulent grantor. This statute has been construed to change the common law to the extent of allowing the fraudulent, deed to be set aside for the benefit of the heirs-at-law of…