Gilbert v. Stockman
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for St. Groix County. This is a bill in equity to set aside a deed executed by the defendants H. D. Stockman and wife July 3, 1890, whereby they conveyed to the defendant Campbell Fletcher the forty acres of land described, in St. Croix county, which deed recited a consideration of $500 and was recorded in the register’s office of St. Croix county July 5, 1890, on the ground that said deed was given without consideration and with the intent to…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for St. Groix County. This is a bill in equity to set aside a deed executed by the defendants H. D. Stockman and wife July 3, 1890, whereby they conveyed to the defendant Campbell Fletcher the forty acres of land described, in St. Croix county, which deed recited a consideration of $500 and was recorded in the register’s office of St. Croix county July 5, 1890, on the ground that said deed was given without consideration and with the intent to hinder, delay, cheat, and defraud the creditors of the said H D. Stockman, including the plaintiff. The complaint alleged…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
Tbe deed from the judgment debtor to bis father-in-law was executed and recorded more than four months prior to the time when either of the plaintiff’s judgments was docketed in St. Croix county, in which the land in question is situated. There is no claim that any execution was ever levied upon the land, or even issued upon either of those judgments. Equitable aid is invoked on the ground that the deed was given without consideration by an insolvent debtor, with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud his creditors, including the plaintiff. The question is whether it can be granted upon such…
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