Gray v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Independence Circuit Court in Chanceiy. Richard H. Powell, Judge. Services rendered to one member of a family by another do not constitute a valuable consideration for a transfer. Bump, Fraud. Conv. (3 Ed.) 232, and cases; Sand. & H. Dig., I§ 3464; 8 Am. & Eng. Ene. Law, 767, note. Therefore the conveyance, being a voluntary one, is in fraud of creditors.
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Appeal from Independence Circuit Court in Chanceiy. Richard H. Powell, Judge. Services rendered to one member of a family by another do not constitute a valuable consideration for a transfer. Bump, Fraud. Conv. (3 Ed.) 232, and cases; Sand. & H. Dig., I§ 3464; 8 Am. & Eng. Ene. Law, 767, note. Therefore the conveyance, being a voluntary one, is in fraud of creditors. Appellee cannot set up any consideration other than that mentioned in the deed. 44 Ark. 180; 30 Ark. 417. When one entitled to a homestead ceases to be the head of a family, the homestead fails. 42 Ark. 54l; 24 Ark. 157; 43 Ark.…
1Opinion of the Court
Bunn, C. J.,
The plaintiffs, Gray Bros., by bill in chancery seek to set aside a conveyance made by defendant James A. Meacham to his daughter and co- defendant, Elizabeth A. Patterson. Decree for defendants on the complaint, answer and testimony in the cause, and the plaintiffs appealed to this court.
The complaint was filed at the fall term, 1895, of the Independence circuit court in chancery, setting up substantially the following facts, to-wit: That plaintiffs obtained judgment against defendant Meacham in justice of the peace court, on 17th August, 1895, and in due course, after execution…
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