Cronie v. Hart
Supreme Court of Virginia
In June, 1866, Hart, Hayes & Co., and others, creditors of Henry R. Cronie, filed their hill in the Circuit Court of the county of Henrico, in which, after setting out the indebtedness of Cronie to the plaintiffs, which was for the most part by judgments rendered in the county court of Caroline county, they state that Cronie, who had lived in Caroline county in 1860, had afterwards removed to the county of Henrico, where he had accumulated a large amount of money, which he…
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In June, 1866, Hart, Hayes & Co., and others, creditors of Henry R. Cronie, filed their hill in the Circuit Court of the county of Henrico, in which, after setting out the indebtedness of Cronie to the plaintiffs, which was for the most part by judgments rendered in the county court of Caroline county, they state that Cronie, who had lived in Caroline county in 1860, had afterwards removed to the county of Henrico, where he had accumulated a large amount of money, which he had endeavored to conceal from his creditors; and they charge, that in pursuance of this fraudulent purpose, he did,…
1Opinion of the CourtRives, J.
This is a bill by judgment creditors of the husband, to set aside as fraudulent a settlement upon his wife. Its allegations are that the husband was wholly insolvent, and that the consideration for the deed of 8th October, 1861, whereby the land therein described was conveyed to a trustee fpr the separate use of the wife, moved from him alone, and that the deed was the product of a fraudulent agreement between himself and wife to defraud his creditors, and that the husband was in truth the owner of the land conveyed. These charges of fraud are distinctly denied in the answers of both husband…
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