Mates v. Young
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 9, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., Dec. T., 1906, No. 71, directing judgment for defendant in case of James B. Mates v. Bella A. Young. Ejectment by creditors to recover land alleged to have been conveyed in fraud of creditors.
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Appeal, No. 9, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., Dec. T., 1906, No. 71, directing judgment for defendant in case of James B. Mates v. Bella A. Young. Ejectment by creditors to recover land alleged to have been conveyed in fraud of creditors. Tbe case was submitted to tbe trial judge without á jury, under the provisions of tbe Act of April 22, 1874, P. L. 109. Tbe facts appear in tbe following opinion by Williams, P. J., specially presiding: A jury for tbe trial of tbe above stated case was sworn on June 12,1907, and after tbe bearing of testimony bad been…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
On November 18, 1901, Elmer E. Young conveyed to his wife, Bella A. Young, the appellee, his undivided interest in the two tracts of land involved in this ejectment. Subsequently judgments were recovered against him by creditors who had claims against him at the time of his conveyance to his wife, and, on executions issued *198upon them, the sheriff sold to the appellant, as trustee for himself and others, whatever interest Young had in the lands, the judgment creditors insisting that the conveyance to his wife was in fraud of creditors, and therefore void under the statute of 13…
2Cited by1 opinion
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