Dennis v. Ball-Warren Commission Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Columbia Circuit Court in Chancery. Charles W. Smith, Judge. statement by ti-ie court. Appellee filed its complaint in the Columbia circuit court, against A. J. Dennis, J. M. Dennis and D. J. Dennis, alleging that on the 23d day of October, 1893, the defendant, A. J. Dennis, executed a deed to lot 73, block 1, in the town of Magnolia, Arkansas, to his co-defendant, J. M. Dennis, for the consideration of $850, and that on November 28, 1894, he executed a deed to…
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Appeal from Columbia Circuit Court in Chancery. Charles W. Smith, Judge. statement by ti-ie court. Appellee filed its complaint in the Columbia circuit court, against A. J. Dennis, J. M. Dennis and D. J. Dennis, alleging that on the 23d day of October, 1893, the defendant, A. J. Dennis, executed a deed to lot 73, block 1, in the town of Magnolia, Arkansas, to his co-defendant, J. M. Dennis, for the consideration of $850, and that on November 28, 1894, he executed a deed to lot 3. block A, in same place, to D. J. Dennis, and that on the 14th day of September, 1893, -he purchased another piece…
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
(after stating the fact’s.) It is a noticeable fact that all three conveyances which were made and procured to be made by A. J. Dennis were made to his relatives — lot 73 to his father, land in section 12 to his wife, and lot 3 to his brother, D. J. Dennis. The testimony tends to show that at the time the conveyances were made the defendant D. J. Dennis was insolvent, and that by reason of these conveyances he had divested himself of all or nearly all of his available property: that after the pretended conveyance of lot 73 to his father he continued in possession of the same, rented it out,…
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