Squires v. . Riggs

The jury, upon these facts, found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and a motion is made for a new trial upon the ground that the verdict is contrary to law. The statutes relative to fraudulent conveyances have, from the periods of their enactment, received that construction which appeared most likely to suppress deceitful practices and to obviate all temptation to commit them. And the principle arising in this case was brought under the notice of the Court at a very early period after the passing of 27 Eliz., when such a decision was made as might have been expected from the spirit and…