Page v. Kendrick
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Ionia Circuit. The bill was filed in aid of an execution against Orson S. Kendrick. It set forth, that said Orson became indebted to complainants in May, 1857; that in September, 1857, they recovered judgment against him on this indebtedness, in the Circuit Court for Ionia county, and caused execution on their judgment to be levied upon certain lands in said county.
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Appeal in Chancery from Ionia Circuit. The bill was filed in aid of an execution against Orson S. Kendrick. It set forth, that said Orson became indebted to complainants in May, 1857; that in September, 1857, they recovered judgment against him on this indebtedness, in the Circuit Court for Ionia county, and caused execution on their judgment to be levied upon certain lands in said county. The bill then alleges that said Orson was owner of these lands, December 14th, 1853, on which day he conveyed them to Martha Dodge, then his intended wife,whom he married in two or three days thereafter;…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin Ch. J.:
If a conveyance be valid when" made, it can not be invalidated by subsequent acts of the grantor, nor by the creation of subsequent debts. Was the deed from Kendrick to Martha Dodge valid? They were contemplating marriage, and the conveyance is alleged in the answer — and there are no proofs in the case — to have been made in contemplation of marriage, and to secure her a homestead. *302Unless done for the purpose of defrauding creditors, Kendrick had a clear right to make this disposal of the land in question, or any other disposal which might be agreeable to him.
I do not see that…
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