Hitz v. National Metropolitan Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ' This was a suit in equity brought by a judgment creditor, to set aside a conveyance of real estate in Washington belonging" to his wife, to trustees for the benefit of the wife and their children. The facts which made the issues appear in the opinion of the court. Ón the' 31st of March, 1884-, the court announced a decision in appellant’s-■ favor.
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ' This was a suit in equity brought by a judgment creditor, to set aside a conveyance of real estate in Washington belonging" to his wife, to trustees for the benefit of the wife and their children. The facts which made the issues appear in the opinion of the court. Ón the' 31st of March, 1884-, the court announced a decision in appellant’s-■ favor. Appellee’s counsel then filed a petition for a rehearing as to the effect of the recording law of April 29th, 1878, upon the judgment and the deed. This act is set out in the opinion. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This is a bill in chancery brought by the Bank against John Hitz, Jane C. Hitz, his wife, and Metzerott and Cross, trustees, to declare void a deed, so far as it affects rights of the bank, made by Hitz and wife to Metzerott and Cross, as trustees, for the benefit of the wife.
The deed was made December 9th, 1878, and filed for record in the proper office, May 13th, 1879. The property conveyed, which'was real estate in the city of Washington, came to Mrs. Hitz by inheritance from her father, and by the birth of children before the married woman’s act of Congress of April 10th, 1869,16 Stat.…
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