Cairns v. Ingram
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 106, Oct. T., 1898, by-plaintiff, from order and decree of C. P. No. 8, Phila. Co., June T., 1892, No. 143, dismissing bill of complaint. Hearing on bill, answer and proofs. Before Fihletter, P. J. It appears from tbe record that the plaintiff obtained a judgment against Robert Ingram for $400 on January 22,1896, and a motion for a new trial and reasons therefore were filed and pending the disposition of this motion defendant died.
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Appeal, No. 106, Oct. T., 1898, by-plaintiff, from order and decree of C. P. No. 8, Phila. Co., June T., 1892, No. 143, dismissing bill of complaint. Hearing on bill, answer and proofs. Before Fihletter, P. J. It appears from tbe record that the plaintiff obtained a judgment against Robert Ingram for $400 on January 22,1896, and a motion for a new trial and reasons therefore were filed and pending the disposition of this motion defendant died. Subsequently the rule for new trial was discharged. The bill filed averred that pending the trial of the cause defendant fraudulently conveyed all his…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
It was held in Fowler’s Appeal, 87 Pa. 449, that where a debtor conveyed all his real estate with intent to defraud his creditors, and then died insolvent, a court of equity had jurisdiction upon a bill filed by certain of the creditors intended to be defrauded to decree the conveyance to be null and void as to such creditors; to decree a sale of the land in satisfaction of the claims unless they should be paid within a specified time; and to enjoin the fraudulent vendee from conveying the land in the mean time. This decision was followed in Houseman v. Grossman, 177 Pa.…
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- Johnston v. PriceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Adams's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Houseman v. GrossmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Shillito v. ShillitoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
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