Exchange Bank v. Russell

This was an action to set aside a deed of trust made by the defendant Russell to Benjamin Holliday to secure a debt to the defendant James N. Simpson, upon the ground that the debt and trust were fraudulent as to creditors. The deed of trust covered large amounts of land in Lafayette and Johnson counties. The facts of the case, as they appear from the record, are about as follows: Jerome B. Simpson was the owner of 1237 shares of stock in the Central Overland California and Pike’s Peak Express Company, and desired to dispose of his shares, as his health was bad,(and he wanted to go to Europe.…