McKee v. West
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Marengo Chancery Court. Ileárcl before the Hon. Tiros. H. Smith. The bill in this case was filed by W. F. West, appellee, against Mattie Langford and her husband and Emma Williams, and against the appellant, Hilton McKee.
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Appeal from Marengo Chancery Court. Ileárcl before the Hon. Tiros. H. Smith. The bill in this case was filed by W. F. West, appellee, against Mattie Langford and her husband and Emma Williams, and against the appellant, Hilton McKee. The object of the bill was to set aside a deed made by M. J. Williams, deceased, to her two daughters named above; and to subordinate to the1 rights of appellee, as a judgment creditor of the said M. J. Williams, a mortgage executed by the said daughters to McKee. McKee filed a plea setting up the' defense of bona 'fide purchaser for value, which alleged the…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
The bill in this case is filed by a creditor and seeks to have a certain deed executed by the debtor, and a certain mortgage executed by the grantees of the debtor, set aside as fraudulent. The bill charges that Mrs. M. J. Williams, being at the time indebted to the complainant, made a voluntary conveyance of the lands described, to her two daughters, Mrs. Mattie Langford and Emma Williams, the consideration of love and affection being expressed on its face, and that said *534grantees then conveyed said lands by mortgage to the respondent McKee. Actual fraud is not charged on McKee, nor is it…
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