Thompson v. Baker
Supreme Court of the United States
. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. . This was an action of trespass to try the title to a tract of land in Clay County, Texas, containing seventeen hundred and -twenty-nine acres, more or less. The dispute was between Thompson, who was the plaintiff below, and Schuler. Each party claimed under Baker.
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. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. . This was an action of trespass to try the title to a tract of land in Clay County, Texas, containing seventeen hundred and -twenty-nine acres, more or less. The dispute was between Thompson, who was the plaintiff below, and Schuler. Each party claimed under Baker. Schuler pleaded not guilty, alleging, by way of reconversion, that, he was the owner in fee and entitled to a judgment for the land, with damages; and writ of restitution. The court tried the case, making a special finding of facts, in accordance…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
The transaction by which Baker attempted to put the title to the land in his nephew was a mere sham. The deed was never delivered to the pretended grantee; and, having been made with the intent to defraud the creditors of the grantor, particularly Schuler, was voidj under the statute, as to such creditors. It did not, therefore, as between Schuler, Baker and Ledbetter, stand in the way of Schuler’s causing, as he did, an attachment to be levied upon the land as the property of his fraudulent debtor. Equally ineffectual, as against Schuler, was the conveyance by Ledbetter, and the quit-claim…
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