Houston v. Blackman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lee. Heard before tbe Hon. N. S. Graham. The bill in this case was filed on the 12th February, 1877, by William Blackman, against Mrs. Martha B. Houston, the widow of Edwin A. Houston, deceased, and Jacob A. Albright; and sought to subject to tbe payment and satisfaction of a debt, which the complainant claimed and held against said Albright and Edwin A. Houston, a tract of land particularly described in tbe bill, which had belonged to said…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lee. Heard before tbe Hon. N. S. Graham. The bill in this case was filed on the 12th February, 1877, by William Blackman, against Mrs. Martha B. Houston, the widow of Edwin A. Houston, deceased, and Jacob A. Albright; and sought to subject to tbe payment and satisfaction of a debt, which the complainant claimed and held against said Albright and Edwin A. Houston, a tract of land particularly described in tbe bill, which had belonged to said Houston in Ms life-time, and which .the defendants claimed under Mm, as hereinafter more particularly stated. Tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtBbickell, C. J.
Bills of this character, filed by a simple-contract creditor of a deceased debtor, averring a deficiency of legal assets to satisfy his demand, to reach and subject property fraudulently conveyed by the debtor while in life, have been uniformly sustained in this court.—Reed v. Minell, 30 Ala. 61; Pharis v. Leachman, 20 Ala. 662; Watts v. Gayle, Ib. 817; Ellis v. State Bank, 30 Ala. 478; Quarles v. Grigsby, 31 Ala. 172; Halfman v. Ellison, 51 Ala. 543; Todd v. Neal, 49 Ala. 266. The theory on which the bill proceeds, in such cases, is that the fraudulent donee stands in the relation, and is…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Souverbye v. ArdenNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
- Patton v. BeecherSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Hubbard v. AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Pharis v. LeachmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1852
- Belden v. SeymourSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1831
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