Barber v. Wilds
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, vacating an alleged fraudulent conveyance, the cause having been heard on bill and answers.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, vacating an alleged fraudulent conveyance, the cause having been heard on bill and answers. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from a decree of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, declaring void, as to the original complainant, a deed to certain real estate in this District, dated July 17, 1903, from Amzi L. Barber and wife to John J. Al-bright. The cause was heard below upon bill and answers. In September, 1899, Barber rented from the original…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robb
The cause having been heard on bill and answers, all averments of fact in the answers, so far as they are consistent with the documentary evidence in the cause, must be taken as true; but it by no means follows that, because the defendants have denied any attempt to hinder, delay, or defraud the creditors of Barber, the court is precluded from finding such intent from the facts and circumstances surrounding the transactions of the parties denying such intent.
Section 1120 of the Code [31 Stat. at L. 1368, chap. 854] provides “that the question of fraudulent intent shall be deemed a question of…
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- Farrow v. HayesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1879
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