Legal Opinion

Gwynn v. Butler

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided September 15, 1891PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from District Court of Arapahoe County. In this case judgment was rendered in the district court in favor of Hugh Butler, plaintiff, against George R. Gwynn and Elizabeth Gwynn, his wife. The defendant Elizabeth brings this appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Elliott

The assignments of error present two principal grounds for the reversal of the decree: First, that complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action; second, that the evidence was not sufficient to support the findings of the court.

1. The complaint of Mr. Butler, plaintiff below, was in the nature of a creditor’s bill. Having an unsatisfied judgment against the defendant George B. Gwynn, Mr. Butler sought by this action to subject to the satisfaction of such judgment certain real property, hereinafter described, the title of which stood in the name of the other…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Belt v. RaguetTexas Supreme Court · 1864
  2. Burdsall v. WaggonerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1878
  3. Thomas v. MackeySupreme Court of Colorado · 1877
  4. Ellinger v. CrowlCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1861

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Dominion Insurance Company Limited v. HartSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
  2. Wells v. Schuster-Hax National BankSupreme Court of Colorado · 1897
  3. Tibbetts v. TerrillSupreme Court of Colorado · 1908
  4. Vigil v. GarciaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1906
  5. Roberts v. DietzSupreme Court of Colorado · 1931

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