Legal Opinion

Hauk v. VanIngen

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 16, 1902PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. F. Dunne, Judge, presiding.

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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. This is a creditors’ bill, filed on February 11,1892, setting up the recovery in the circuit court of Cook county of a judgment on October 2,1891, for $2254.90 by the appellees, Edward H. Vanlngen and David T. Leahy, as partners under the firm name of Vanlngen & Co. in the city and State of New York against the appellant, Columbus B. Hauk, impleaded with Robley D. Bruce and Henry D. Hauk, the issuance of execution on said…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder

The question involved in this case is, whether a deed, made by a judgment debtor to his wife while he was in debt, is fraudulent and void as against the judgment creditor, so as to subject the land conveyed by the deed to the claim of the judgment creditor, or whether it is a valid deed, vesting title to the land in the wife, so that she can hold it free from the claim of such judgment creditor.

On November 9, 1889, the lot in Hyde Park in controversy here was conveyed by a warranty deed to the appellant, Columbus B. Hauk. The consideration named in that deed was $4000.00, and the amount…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Moritz v. HoffmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
  2. Reed v. ReedIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Wetherell v. O'BrienIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Frank v. KingIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  5. Phelps v. CurtsIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Empire State Surety Co. v. Carroll CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
  2. Furber v. DaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  3. Lowe v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
  4. Goldberg v. ParkerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
  5. Kennard v. CurranIllinois Supreme Court · 1909

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