Wadsworth v. Marsh
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of ejectment, tried at Litchfield, February, term, 1833, before Williams, J. On the 21st of March, 1831, the demanded premises were the undisputed property of Chauncey Seymour, jun. The plaintiff claimed, that he, being the creditor of Seymour, acquired title thereto, by the levy thereon of certain executions in his favour.
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This was an action of ejectment, tried at Litchfield, February, term, 1833, before Williams, J. On the 21st of March, 1831, the demanded premises were the undisputed property of Chauncey Seymour, jun. The plaintiff claimed, that he, being the creditor of Seymour, acquired title thereto, by the levy thereon of certain executions in his favour. The defendant claimed title, by a deed from Seymour, executed on the 21st of March, 1831, previous to the levy of the plaintiff’s executions. This deed, the plaintiff claimed, was fraudulent and void as against the creditors of Seymour; and whether it…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
By the provisions of the statute of this state, as well as by the principles of the common law, all conveyances of land, made with intent to avoid any debt or duty of others, shall be utterly void as against those persons only, their heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, whose debt or duty is endeavoured to be avoided, notwithstanding any consideration upon which such contract may be pretended to have been *493made. The validity of the conveyance does not depend entirely upon the consideration received by the grantee, but up-, on the intent of the parties to it: for if the purpose be…
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