Calavan v. Bowen
Oregon Supreme Court
From Marion: William Galloway, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. This is a suit by Elizabeth Calavan against Iden L. Bower and L. Q. Bower, to subject the proceeds of a certain mortgage to the lien of plaintiff’s decree against L. Q. Bower, and is based upon the following facts: In 1897 plaintiff, then the wife of L. Q. Bower, obtained a decree of divorce from him, giving her the custody of the minor children, but no provision was made in the decree for their support.
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From Marion: William Galloway, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. This is a suit by Elizabeth Calavan against Iden L. Bower and L. Q. Bower, to subject the proceeds of a certain mortgage to the lien of plaintiff’s decree against L. Q. Bower, and is based upon the following facts: In 1897 plaintiff, then the wife of L. Q. Bower, obtained a decree of divorce from him, giving her the custody of the minor children, but no provision was made in the decree for their support. L. Q. Bower paid plaintiff the sum of $1,200 at the time of the decree, and on July 28, 1909, plaintiff filed a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McBride
1. We think the testimony fully establishes the fact that the sale was made with the fraudulent intent on *301the part of L. Q. Bower to prevent plaintiff from collecting any judgment she might obtain against him. It was made after the proceedings were begun, and shortly before the judgment was rendered, and taken in connection with the sale of all the other property a few days before, and with the fact that he insisted on being paid in paper money, which is easily carried on the person, and the further fact that soon thereafter he left the country and remained absent, satisfy us fully of his…
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