Legal Opinion
Harris v. Harmon
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided November 27, 1928No. 18567PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRiley, J.
A debtor must be just before being generous. Creel et al. v. Cloyd (Ky. App.) 152 S. W. 776.
That salutary -principle is statutory in Oklahoma, for section 5271, C. O. S. 1921. provides:
“Every conveyance of real estate or any interest therein, and every mortgage or other instrument in any way affecting the same, made without a fair and valuable consideration, or made in bad faith, or for the purpose of hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors, shall be void as against all persons to whom the maker is at the time indebted, or under any legal liability.”
In Ward v. Wiggins, 73 Okla. 46, 174…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Clarke v. Philomath CollegeOregon Supreme Court · 1920
- Essinger v. New CastleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Allen v. OvertonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Myers v. HarnessSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
- Baldwin v. KingstonDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1918
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Harry v. HertzlerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939
- Colby v. McClendonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Rye v. McReynoldsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Saddler v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940