Lardner v. Cook

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This was an action by an administrator to set aside a deed alleged to have been executed and delivered by the decedent with the intent to defraud creditors of decedent’s estate. Plaintiff prevailed, and the defendant, Ruth Cook, has appealed.

The creditor was a daughter of Jennie C. McFadden, who died intestate September 17, 1935. The daughter claimed under an oral contract for the reasonable value of services rendered to the mother over a period of years. The administrator was appointed October 21, 1935, in the probate court of Bourbon…