McFarland v. Purper

The question presented by this special appeal is whether the plaintiff having extended credit to William Purper, one of the defendants, on the faith of the latter’s record title to certain real estate, which the latter in fact held in trust for his wife, may resort to the property for the payment of his claim, the same having been reduced to judgment and having been a lien upon said land, if a judgment lien can attach under such circumstances.

Purper’s wife acquired the property in an amicable settlement of her parents’ estates by cross-deeds among the heirs, but caused or permitted the…