Johnson v. Payne

WALTER H. SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

Cheals W. Payne was a resident and citizen of Iowa, and Mary A. Payne was his wife, on April 7, 1923. On that day suit was brought in one of the courts of the state of Iowa, and that court appointed E. B. Spottswood receiver of Mr. Payne’s property, consisting of 950 acres of land in Iowa and other property. On April 7, 1923, he and his wife conveyed all this property to the receiver, Spottswood. On April 23, 1923, a petition in involuntary bankruptcy was filed against Mr. Payne by some of his creditors, on the ground, among others, that he had within four…