Huey's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Common Pleas of Mercer county. This was an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer county, distributing the proceeds of the sheriff’s sale of the real estate of John S. Huey. Huey was a member of the firm of Douglass, Henlan & Co., and during the fall of 1854, disposed of his interest in the concern to one of his partners.
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Appeal from the Common Pleas of Mercer county. This was an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer county, distributing the proceeds of the sheriff’s sale of the real estate of John S. Huey. Huey was a member of the firm of Douglass, Henlan & Co., and during the fall of 1854, disposed of his interest in the concern to one of his partners. The firm was indebted at this time to Park, McCurdy & Co. In the spring of 1854, Huey had entered into articles of agreement with Jacob Cozat to convey to the latter a tract of land in Mercer county, which he then owned, in consideration of Cozat…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Woodward, J.
There is no principle of law more consonant with reason, or better supported by authority, than that a conveyance which is fraudulent as to creditors, binds, nevertheless, the parties to it. Through that “cloud of authorities” of which the counsel speak, this principle shines perpetually, and it .guides us to the conclusion that the appellant is here without merits.
Having caused his house and lot to be conveyed to his wife for the purpose of hindering and delaying his creditors, denying his ownership as long as denial would serve to keep…
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