Hursey v. Lane
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston, in Bankruptcy; Henry A. M. Smith, Judge. Action by Joe. P. Dane, trustee in bankruptcy of John A. Hursey, bankrupt, against John A. Hursey and wife. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The defendant John A. Hursey was adjudged a bankrupt in December, 1914. His indebtedness was about $15,000 and his assets about $1,000. The trustee brought this action to set aside a conveyance from Hursey to his wife, Mattie Hursey, of five lots in the town of Dillon for the expressed consideration of $500 and love and affection. The District Court held on the evidence that there was no actual fraud in the transaction, and on this point there is no assignment of erro'r. .The appeal involves the two questions whether the District'Court was right in holding: First, that…
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