Brownell & Co. v. Stoddard
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from, the district court of Douglas county. Heard below before Wakeley, J. A statement of facts appears in the opinion.
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Appeal from, the district court of Douglas county. Heard below before Wakeley, J. A statement of facts appears in the opinion. The rights of the creditors in the land in controversy are superior to any claims of the wife for money advanced to her husband in 1871. (Besson v. Eveland, 26 N. J. Eq., 472; Post v. Stiger, 29 N. J. Eq., 556; Aultman v. Obermeyer, 6 Neb., 260; Steele v. Coon, 27 Neb., 587; Pomeroy, Equity Jurisprudence, sec. 1040; Hanson v. Manley, 72 la., 48; Beecher v. Wilson, 6 S. E. Rep. [Ya.], 209; Lee v. Cole, 15 Atl. Rep. [N. J.], 531; Strong v. Lawrence, 58 la., 56; Wait,…
1Opinion of the Court
Irvine, C.
This was an action in the nature of a creditor’s bill by Brownell & Co., who had a judgment against Elijah Stoddard, seeking to subject to .the payment of that judgment certain land in Douglas county, which it was alleged had been conveyed by Stoddard through a third person to Stoddard’s wife in fraud of creditors. The Wood River Bank intervened, setting up a judgment in its favor against Stoddard and seeking the same relief. Stoddard and his wife, Mary D. Stoddard, were the defendants. The defendants answered jointly, denying the allegations of fraud and alleging that the…
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