Smith v. Vodges, Assignee
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
1Opinion of the Court
Ms. Justice Swayne
delivered the opinion of the court.
The law of this case is too well settled to admit of doubt. In order to defeat a settlement made by a husband upon his wife, it must be intended to defraud existing creditors, or creditors whose rights are expected shortly to supervene, or creditors whose rights may and do so supervene; the settler purposing to throw the hazards of business in which he is about to engage upon others, instead of honestly holding his means subject to the chance of those adverse results to which all business enterprises are liable. Sexton v. Wheaton, 8 Wheat.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Oliver v. PiattSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
- Sexton v. WheatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
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- McDermott v. EbornSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
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