Mott v. Purcell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from New Madrid Circuit Court. — Hon. J. D. Poster, Judge. The testimony in this cause cannot be reconciled with the bonaft des of the purchase by the Purcell boys of the lands in controversy.
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Appeal from New Madrid Circuit Court. — Hon. J. D. Poster, Judge. The testimony in this cause cannot be reconciled with the bonaft des of the purchase by the Purcell boys of the lands in controversy. The purchase was made by Louis Purcell, paid for by him with his own means, and in the deed, his co-defendants and children were made grantees for the express purpose of defeating and defrauding the creditors and heirs of the estates of Franklin McCloud and Robert B. Hill, he being, in both instances, obligated for the penalties of the two bonds of the respective administrators of said estates.
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
— The plaintiffs in this case are John A. Mott and the heirs of Samuel T. Davis. The principal defendants are the sons of Louis Purcell. Mott and Davis purchased the five hundred and odd acres of land now in suit at a sale under an execution against Louis Purcell. The claim is that Louis Purcell purchased the land, paid for it from his own means, and had it conveyed to his sons to defraud creditors, and the prayer of the petition is that the title to the land be vested in the plaintiffs.
On the fourteenth of May, 1869, the persons known in the record as the Toney heirs conveyed to Henry,…
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