Preston National Bank v. Leonard
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Frazer, J. Bill by the Preston National Bank of Detroit against Henry R. Leonard, Annie E. Leonard, and Albert L. Stephens in aid of execution. From a decree declaring a lien in favor of defendant Annie E. Leonard, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This case relates to a portion of the property dealt with in Stephens v. Leonard, ante, 125. The present bill is filed to subject the equity of the Eliot-street property (less the homestead interest) to a sale to satisfy a judgment obtained by complainant against Henry R. Leonard.
The defendant Henry R. Leonard conveyed this property to his wife, Annie E. Leonard, by quitclaim deed, on the 25th of April, 1898, while suit was pending on complainant’s demand, and two days before judgment rendered. Under Act No. 99, Pub. Acts 189?, the burden rests on the defendants to show the bona jMes of the…
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