Winans v. Graves
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree advised by Washington B. Williams, advisory master, who filed the following conclusions: It is undisputed that Lilliston, prior to 1875, owed Wild a debt, for which Wild got judgment against Lilliston in the Brooklyn city court, April 19th, 1875, for $1,100. Graves, Lilliston and Middleton testify that this judgment was assigned to Middleton under the following' circumstances: Lilliston was in difficulty iu 1874, by having failed to account for some…
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On appeal from a decree advised by Washington B. Williams, advisory master, who filed the following conclusions: It is undisputed that Lilliston, prior to 1875, owed Wild a debt, for which Wild got judgment against Lilliston in the Brooklyn city court, April 19th, 1875, for $1,100. Graves, Lilliston and Middleton testify that this judgment was assigned to Middleton under the following' circumstances: Lilliston was in difficulty iu 1874, by having failed to account for some funds belonging to the Wardell heirs, for whom he was guardian, and, to save himself' from arrest, gave a mortgage for…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reed, J.. The bill in this cause was filed by Robert Graves, assignee of a judgment against William H. Lilliston, to reach certain real estate now owned by Sarah E. Winans, but which, as the bill charges, was bought by Lilliston, the title put in his wife’s name for the purpose of evading his creditors, and was conveyed by her to her daughter, Catharine Dewing, and by the last-named person to Mrs. Winans, a sister of Mrs. Lilliston.
Graves, the respondent, got the judgment from one Middleton, who was the assignee of the judgment creditor, Wild.
Wild was…
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