Easum v. Pirtle
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 87 — CONVEYANCES APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. It is shown without controversy that appellant paid and agreed to pay his father the full value of the land. The agreement made by the son to support his father and mother in addition does not indicate fraud as against creditors, nor does it in any case show any wrong intent either as to vendee or vendor.
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Case 87 — CONVEYANCES APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. It is shown without controversy that appellant paid and agreed to pay his father the full value of the land. The agreement made by the son to support his father and mother in addition does not indicate fraud as against creditors, nor does it in any case show any wrong intent either as to vendee or vendor. (Bump on Fraudulent Conveyances, 247; 16 N. H., 372; Slater v. Dudley, 18 Piek, 375.) Unless the transaction is tainted with moral turpitude, the grantee will have a lien for the money advanced by him. (Ross v. Wilson, 7 Bush, 35;…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PRYOR
delivered the opinion op the court.
In April, 1869, an execution is sued on a judgment rendered in favor of Henry Pirtle against Harman Easum, and was returned, no property found.
After this time Easum became the owner of a tract of *562land in Jefferson county, containing about one hundred acres. In January, 1872, Easum being indebted to his son Charles in the sum of $864, sold to him this land for $2,000, and executed to him a bond for title. The son took possession, and has claimed to own the land since that time. The father died suddenly in 1875, and his administrator filed a bill in…
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