Legal Opinion

Allen v. Wegstein

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 20, 1886PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from Grundy Circuit Court. The defendants are husband and wife,-and this action was brought to subject certain real estate which was conveyed to Mrs. Wegstein, to the payment of a judgment recovered by the plaintiff against her husband, Henry Wegstein. There was a judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.

On the twenty-sixth day of April, 1877, the plaintiff recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Iowa county against the defendant, Henry Wegstein, a transcript of which was filed in Grundy county in July thereafter. -In May, 1877, one Tompkins conveyed a portion of the real estate in controversy to Mrs. Wegstein, and in 1879 and 1880 he conveyed the other real estate in controversy to her. The *599petition states that the conveyances were so made for the purpose of defrauding the creditors of Henry Wegstein, and that the same in fact belongs to him. The defendants deny the fraud, and claim…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wolf v. ChandlerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. First National Bank v. CurrierSupreme Court of Iowa · 1934
  2. Donovan v. WhiteSupreme Court of Iowa · 1937

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