Allen v. McRae
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment and an order of the circuit court for Chippewa county: A. J. ViNJE, Circuit Judge. Appellant brought this action in March, 1894, alleging that respondent Alice McRae held title to certain real estate, acquired in June, 1883, by warranty deed from I. H. Goddard and others, but that Hiram S. Allen, deceased, was the real purchaser, who paid the full consideration; that the conveyance was made to and in the name of respondent to hinder and defraud the…
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Appeal from a judgment and an order of the circuit court for Chippewa county: A. J. ViNJE, Circuit Judge. Appellant brought this action in March, 1894, alleging that respondent Alice McRae held title to certain real estate, acquired in June, 1883, by warranty deed from I. H. Goddard and others, but that Hiram S. Allen, deceased, was the real purchaser, who paid the full consideration; that the conveyance was made to and in the name of respondent to hinder and defraud the creditors of the deceased; and that the deceased was then heavily indebted and wholly insolvent. The action was brought by…
1Opinion of the CourtSibbeoKER, J.
In 1894 appellant, as a creditor of II. S. Allen, deceased, commenced this action to subject certain real estate to sale, under sec. 3835, Stats. 1898, for the benefit of herself and all other creditors of H. S. Allen, deceased. She charged, that II. S. Allen in fact purchased and paid for this real estate, but that the conveyance thereof was made in the name of respondent Alice G. McRae under a fraudulent agreement with her that the property should be conveyed and held by her in trust for him and for his benefit, for the purpose of hindering and defrauding his creditors. It is alleged that…
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