Robinson v. Dryden
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. (1) The action of the court in sustaining a demurrer to the evidence on the first issue is contrary to the evidence and every circumstance in the case.
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Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. (1) The action of the court in sustaining a demurrer to the evidence on the first issue is contrary to the evidence and every circumstance in the case. The badges of fraud are so numerous as shown by the evidence, that taken together you must come to the conclusion that W. J. Dry den’s motive and intention in making the deed to his brother, L. T. Dryden, at the time he did, when he was hopelessly insolvent, as shown by the evidence, was to hinder and delay his creditors, and to put all of his individual property out of the reach…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfarlane, J.
This is a suit in equity by judgment creditors of Wm. J. Dryden to set aside, as fraudulent, a conveyance, made by him to defendant, of a tract-of two hundred and ninety acres of land in Lincoln county. The deed expressed a consideration of $2,500, was dated the second day of Februai’y, 1884, and was filed for record on the seventh day of the same month.
The said Wm. d. Dryden was a member of the firm of W; L. Sturgeon & Co. The firm and all the members failed in a few days after the record of the deed and made a number of mortgages on their partnership and individual property to secure their…
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