Pope v. Payne

MADDOX, Justice.

Complainant-appellee Clara Bell Payne filed a bill to set aside a quit claim deed executed by appellant Howard R. Pope to his wife, Willie Mae Pope. Complainant Payne alleged that she was struck by a car driven by appellant Howard Pope on November 6, 1969, and that the deed given by Pope to his wife eleven days later on November 17, 1969 was executed for the purpose of hindering, delaying or defrauding her in the collection of her tort claim against Pope.

In her bill to set aside the quit claim deed, Clara Bell Payne alleged that she filed suit against Pope on December 31, 1969…