Crowder, Deeker & Co. v. Garber
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, pronounced June 12, 1899, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellants were the complainants, and the appellees were the ■defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The object of this suit was to have set aside and annulled a conveyance of certain lots made by a husband to bis wife upon the ground that it was without consideration, and was made to hinder, delay, and defraud the appellants, creditors of the husband, in the collection of their debt.
*566On account of the great facility which the marriage relation affords for the commission of fraud, transactions between husband and wife are to be closely scrutinized to see that they are-fair and honest, and not mere contrivances resorted to for the purpose of placing the husband’s property beyond the reach of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Flynn & Royalty v. Jackson Bros.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Kinnier's Adm'r v. WoodsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
3Cited by6 opinions
- Cochran v. ParisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1854
- Morrisette v. Cook & Bernheimer Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- Robinson v. Bass' AdministratorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
- Pickens v. WoodWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- Lee v. WillisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
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