Furman v. Tenny
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant Tenny from an order of the district court for Blue Earth county, Dickinson, J., presiding, denying his motion for judgment on the special findings of the jury, and refusing a new trial. It is a fraud upon creditors for an insolvent to give away his exempt property, and the fraudulent donee acquires no right against the donor’s creditors.
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Appeal by defendant Tenny from an order of the district court for Blue Earth county, Dickinson, J., presiding, denying his motion for judgment on the special findings of the jury, and refusing a new trial. It is a fraud upon creditors for an insolvent to give away his exempt property, and the fraudulent donee acquires no right against the donor’s creditors. Howland v. Fuller, 8 Minn. 30, (50;) Thompson on Homesteads and Exemptions, § 418; Smyth on Homesteads and Exemptions, § 486; Jones v. Tracy, 75 Pa. St. 417; Currier v. Sutherland, 54 N. H. 475; Luther v. Drake, 21 Iowa, 92; Lockett v.…
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
This was an action of replevin for a horse, brought before a justice of the peace, against the defendant Cornelius T. Fur-man, the plaintiff’s husband. The defendant Tenny was, on his own application, admitted to defend, and he set up in his answer that, as constable, he seized the horse on an execution against Mr. Eurman, and turned it over to him again to be kept till sold, he receipting therefor, and that Mr. Furman was the owner thereof at the time of the seizure, and not the plaintiff. The case was tried, on appeal to the district court, by a jury, upon the issues between these parties.…
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