Cross v. Cordell

This is an action brought by a wife against two creditors of her husband, for the recovery of a described parcel of land, the contention of the plaintiff being that the defendants hold the land under deeds made by her in payment of her husband’s indebtedness, and therefore that the deeds are void. Plaintiff died pending the suit, and her administrator was made party plaintiff in her stead. On the trial there was evidence which required instructions to the jury, without request, to the effect that if creditors of a husband enter into an arrangement or scheme for the purpose of having his wife…