Sprague, Warner & Co. v. Benson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Boone District Court, — Hon. D. R. Hind-man, Judge. Creditors’ bill to subject certain real estate, the legal title to which is in the name of Anna Matilda Benson, to the payment of a judgment held by plaintiffs against the firm of Clark & Benson, of which firm J. A. Benson was a member. Trial to the court. Decree for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
*6801 *6812 *679Appellants claim, that shortly before they obtained their judgment against the firm of Clark & Benson, Benson sold and transferred his interest in the business to his co-partner, receiving as consideration therefor the sum of five hundred dollars; that four hundred dollars of this sum he used in paying a mortgage upon a certain lot in the city of Boone, and afterward, and after plaintiffs had obtained their judgment, he transferred the said lot to his co-defendant, who is his wife; and they ask the court to subject the said real estate, to the extent of the four hundred dollars invested…
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