Turner v. Gottwals
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the complainants from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, dismissing a creditor’s bill. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice
Alvey delivered the opinion of the Court:
This case was instituted by a judgment creditor against husband and wife, alleging that certain lots or parcels of real estate had been purchased and the conveyances taken *44in the name of the wife, when in fact the purchase money, or a portion of it, was money belonging to the husband, and which was invested in the property in the name of the wife to defraud, hinder and delay the creditors of the husband.
The judgment upon which the bill was filed was recovered by the complainant, as assignee of Charles C. Turner, against Martin L.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Seitz v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Stickney v. StickneySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- McCluskey v. Provident Institution for SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Hooben v. BidwellOhio Supreme Court · 1847
- Brooks v. ApplegateWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892