Everson v. Wood
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: John B. Cleland, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. This is a creditor’s suit brought by Fred L. Everson, trustee of the estate of H. E. Wood, bankrupt, against Glenn Wood; H. E. Wood, and the Security Savings & Trust Company, a corporation, to subject the property alleged to be fraudulently held by respondent, Mrs. Glenn Wood, to the payment of her insolvent husband’s debts.
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From Multnomah: John B. Cleland, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. This is a creditor’s suit brought by Fred L. Everson, trustee of the estate of H. E. Wood, bankrupt, against Glenn Wood; H. E. Wood, and the Security Savings & Trust Company, a corporation, to subject the property alleged to be fraudulently held by respondent, Mrs. Glenn Wood, to the payment of her insolvent husband’s debts. The facts are as follows: During 1905 and 1906, respondent H. E. Wood and A. J. Authors were partners in the general building and contracting business, under the firm name of Authors & Wood. In the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McBride
The foregoing statement contains the material facts as we find them. To attempt to give the testimony, or even a synopsis of it, in detail would needlessly consume time and space. We are of the opinion that the court below found correctly that Mrs. Glenn Wood was not a party to any fraud against H. E. Wood’s creditors. There is no claim here that her doing business under the name of H. E. Wood & Co. misled any creditor into dealing with H. E. Wood personally, or extending credit to him in the belief that he was a member of the firm. In fact, there is no suggestion that Wood has ever…
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