Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Stebbins-Thompson Realty Co.

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided February 25, 1902PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court-.- — Hon. B. Hirzel, Judge. (1) The deed from J. M. Thompson was fraudulent and void and should be set- aside, (a) It was void because it was without consideration and voluntary, (b) It was fraudulent and void because it was made for the purpose of defrauding the creditors of said corporation and especially plaintiff.

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Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court-.- — Hon. B. Hirzel, Judge. (1) The deed from J. M. Thompson was fraudulent and void and should be set- aside, (a) It was void because it was without consideration and voluntary, (b) It was fraudulent and void because it was made for the purpose of defrauding the creditors of said corporation and especially plaintiff. State to use v. O’Neil, 151 Mo. 88; State ex rel. v. Hope, 102 Mo. 410; National Tube Works Co. v. Machine Co., 118 Mo. 365 ; Woodson v. Carson, 135 Mo. 521; Imhoff v. McArthur, 146 Mo. 378; State ex rel. v. Hardware Co., 147 Mo. 374;…

1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.

This is a suit in equity by plaintiff, a judgment creditor of the defendant Stebbins-Thompson Realty Company, a corporation, to set aside a deed to a tract of land therein described, from said corporation to the defendant Judson Thompson, upon the grounds that it was a voluntary conveyance and a fraud upon the creditors of the realty company and especially the plaintiff.

The petition alleges that the plaintiff on November 25, 1896, obtained a judgment in the circuit court of the city *330of St. Louis against the Stebbins-Thompson Realty Company, for the sum of $1,936.21 on which judgment and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Bates v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
  2. Murphy v. De FranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
  3. Moody v. PeytonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  4. Stoutimore v. ClarkSupreme Court of Missouri · 1879
  5. Johns v. PatteeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1881

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. McCormick v. McCormickSupreme Court of Kansas · 1910
  2. Hines v. HinesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
  3. Abernathy Ex Rel. Shepard v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1921
  4. Heffernan v. RagsdaleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
  5. May v. PentonWyoming Supreme Court · 1932

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