Ferguson v. Hillman
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Fond du Lao County. Tbe case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Taylor: “ This is an action in tbe nature of a creditors’ bill, brought against H. G. Matthews, against whom the plaintiff had recovered a judgment at law for the sum of $1,000 and more, and against F. M. Hillman, a grantee of certain real estate theretofore owned by the said Matthews, and also a mortgagee of certain personal property of the said Matthews.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Fond du Lao County. Tbe case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Taylor: “ This is an action in tbe nature of a creditors’ bill, brought against H. G. Matthews, against whom the plaintiff had recovered a judgment at law for the sum of $1,000 and more, and against F. M. Hillman, a grantee of certain real estate theretofore owned by the said Matthews, and also a mortgagee of certain personal property of the said Matthews. The complaint charges that the conveyances of the real estate were made with intent to defraud the creditors of the said Matthews, and to hinder…
1Opinion of the CourtTatloe, J.
After a careful consideration of the evidence given upon the trial of this action, we are constrained to say that the findings of fact by the learned circuit judge are sustained by the evidence, and we see nothing in the record which would justify us in setting aside such findings, or any one of them. The finding as to the value of the real estate conveyed is, perhaps, the most questionable of them all, and yet that is certainly sustained by the evidence given on the trial; and if the fraudulent character of the transaction were based solely upon it, it would probably be sustained by this…
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