Baker v. Harvey
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Saline Circuit Court. — Hon. Richaed Field, Judge. (1) The conveyance from J. G-. L. Harvey to his brother was in fraud of the grantor’s creditors, and its necessary effect was to hinder and delay them in the collection of their debts then about to ripen into executions.
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Appeal from Saline Circuit Court. — Hon. Richaed Field, Judge. (1) The conveyance from J. G-. L. Harvey to his brother was in fraud of the grantor’s creditors, and its necessary effect was to hinder and delay them in the collection of their debts then about to ripen into executions. The grantee states that the 'object and purpose of the conveyance was to reduce the debtor’s property into money so as to prevent it from being sacrificed by the legal process, viz., the executions then about to be issued. (2) It would make no difference as to the legal effect of the instrument whether a surplus…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfarlane, J.
This is a suit in the nature of a creditor’s bill to set aside, as fraudulent, a conveyance by defendant J. Gr. L. Harvey to his brother T. R. E. Harvey and a deed from the latter to the wife of the former. The petition charges in substance, and the evidence shows conclusively, these facts:
In September, 1884, the said defendant J. G. L. Harvey became indebted to Deering & Company in the sum of $732.50, evidenced by two promissory notes. For a balance on these notes judgment was rendered against him November 22, 1886, for $353.67. A sale of lot 100 in the city of Marshall, was made under…
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