Thomson v. Crane
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada
This is a creditors’ bill, brought to set aside certain conveyances of real estate, executed by the defendant E. Crane, upon the ground that said conveyances were voluntarily made, without consideration, for the purpose of avoiding and defeating a claim and demand held by complainants against him.
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This is a creditors’ bill, brought to set aside certain conveyances of real estate, executed by the defendant E. Crane, upon the ground that said conveyances were voluntarily made, without consideration, for the purpose of avoiding and defeating a claim and demand held by complainants against him. On the 18th day of February, 1876, E. Crane conveyed to his daughter, Mrs. A. G. Styles, certain land, for the expressed consideration of $5. On June 18, 1892, he conveyed to his wife, Mary E. Crime, certain real estate in Reno, Nev., for the expressed consideration of 85 and love and affection. On…
1Opinion of the Court
HAWLEY, District Judge,
after stating the facts, orally delivered the opinion.
The statute of Nevada concerning fraudulent conveyances of real property provides, in substance, that all conveyances made with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors or other persons of their lawful suits, debts, or demands are, as against such persons, utterly null and void. Gen. St. Nev. § 2638; Parish v. Murphree, 13 How. 92, 99; Collinson v. Jackson, 8 Sawy. 357, 14 Fed. 305; Clay v. McCally, Fed. Cas. No. 2,869; Shaw v. Manchester, 84 Iowa, 247, 50 N. W. 985; Wagener v. Mars, 27 S. C. 97, 2 S. E.…
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