Morton v. Denham
Oregon Supreme Court
From Polk: Reuben P. Boise, Judge. This is a suit by Marcus Morton and George Strong, receivers of the firm of Little, Maxwell & Company creditors of James Denham & Company, a firm composed of James Denham and James D. Richardson, to set aside two deeds to sixty-eight and ninety-six hundredths acres of land situated in Polk County, Oregon, one executed and delivered by James Denham to his wife, Mary C. Denham, and the other by both to the defendant R. J. Fleming, and to…
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From Polk: Reuben P. Boise, Judge. This is a suit by Marcus Morton and George Strong, receivers of the firm of Little, Maxwell & Company creditors of James Denham & Company, a firm composed of James Denham and James D. Richardson, to set aside two deeds to sixty-eight and ninety-six hundredths acres of land situated in Polk County, Oregon, one executed and delivered by James Denham to his wife, Mary C. Denham, and the other by both to the defendant R. J. Fleming, and to cancel and set aside a mortgage upon the same property given by R. J. Fleming and wife to A. Fleming as fraudulent and void…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolverton
James Denham and wife, Mary C. Denham, came to Salem some time in 1889. Between July of that year and August, 1890, Denham deposited in the Capital National Bank of Salem something over $15,000. A small amount was in cash, and the balance in the form of drafts upon New York and Detroit, Michigan, which the bank collected. The Michigan draft was drawn by Denham and wife. In the mean while, Denham purchased the land in question, and also a lot in Salem, taking the deed to both parcels in his own name. The consideration paid for the land was $7,000, and for the lot $2,000. He also opened up a…
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