Morrison v. Abbott
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from a judgment of tbe district court for Hennepin county, where the action was tried before Vanderburgh, J., without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
On March 14, 1877, and for several years before that date, the defendant N. G. Abbott owned and occupied as his homestead an eighty-acre tract of land, situate in the county of Hennepin. On that day, being in “embarrassed and failing circumstances financially,” he caused the land to be conveyed to his co-defendant wife, by- means of a deed from him and her to one McIntosh, and a deed from McIntosh to her. There was no valuable consideration for either of these conveyances, and they were made for the purpose of *117transferring the property to the wife, so that she could hold it free from the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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