Sawyer v. Metters
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Grant county: Geobge ClemeetsoN, Circuit Judge. This action was brought by the plaintiff as administrator-of the estate of John P. Metters, deceased, against the defendant, his widow, to set aside a certain deed dated February 28, 1903, from deceased to defendant conveying an. interest in lands in Grant county, Wisconsin. The action was commenced under sec. 3832, Stats.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Grant county: Geobge ClemeetsoN, Circuit Judge. This action was brought by the plaintiff as administrator-of the estate of John P. Metters, deceased, against the defendant, his widow, to set aside a certain deed dated February 28, 1903, from deceased to defendant conveying an. interest in lands in Grant county, Wisconsin. The action was commenced under sec. 3832, Stats. (1898). The plaintiff’s claim as set up in the complaint is that the conveyance-was made by John P. Metters with the intent to defraud future creditors, the said Metters, as was…
1Opinion of the CourtKeewiN, J.
Tbe main contentions of appellant are (1) that tbe case at bar is not ruled, bj Ecklor v. Wolcott, 115 Wis. 19, 90 N. W. 1081; and (2) that tbe findings and evidence warrant judgment for plaintiff.
1. As we have seen, tbe co-urt below dismissed tbe action and gave judgment for defendant on tbe strength of Ecklor v. Wolcott, 115 Wis. 19, 90 N. W. 1081, because of certain language used to tbe effect that under sec. 3832, Stats. (1898), it must appear, in order to entitle tbe administrator to maintain tbe action, tbat there will be a deficiency of assets to pay creditors existing at tbe time of…
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