Gage v. Gage

Cooley,Ch. J:

The complainant in this cause seeks to set aside and have cancelled a deed of lands made by himself to his wife, but which he alleges was never delivered as .a conveyance. His case is, that on or about the 20th day of January, 1871, he executed the deed at the suggestion of his wife, for the purpose of exhibiting it to one Lapham, to whom he was at that time indebted, in order that, by means thereof, he might secure from Lapham further time for the payment of his indebtedness; that the deed was deposited with his other papers in his house after execution, but was subsequently,…