Leavitt v. LaForce

The only question in this ease is whether the defendants, Fellows and Winans, are bona fide purchasers or incumbrancers without notice. As to Fellows, according to his own testimony, it distinctly appears that there existed between LaForce and himself relations of a friendly and confidential character; that he had the utmost confidence in LaForce; was frequently in his office; made that his headquarters; kept his papers in LaForce’s vault, and, when the mortgage was executed, left it there.

In a recent work on fraudulent conveyances the doctrine is announced that transactions between relatives…