City Bank v. Wright
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court. The plaintiff is a judgment creditor of the defendant' Cyrus Wright, and, as such, brings this action to set aside certain conveyances alleged to have been made by him to his wife, the defendant Annie A. Wright, for the purpose of defrauding his creditors. The court dismissed the plaintiff’s petition, and it appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
1. fbaudve^inoeumsaction hyVl£e' aside: insuiacient grounds for-The evidence shows that Mrs. Wright, at the time of her marriage with the defendant Cyrus Wright, was a widow, and had derived considerable property from the estate of her former husband. This property— most of it money — passed into her present husband’s hands sooner or later, with 1 . , a loose understanding that it she ever felt uneasy about it, or demanded payment, he should convey enough property to her to make her whole. In September, 1883, being in embarrassed circumstances, he conveyed to her nearly all his property not…
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