Haggerty v. Wilmington Trust Co.

The Chancellor:

The purpose of the complainant in having the title put in his son’s name, hinted at rather strongly in the bill and very definitely revealed in his testimony, was to hinder and delay his creditors. He testified that he had no purpose to defeat their ultimate payment, as he always intended to pay them and did in fact ultimately pay them in full. He later conveyed his three lots to his daughter who paid his bills.

The solicitor for the complainant argues that the fact that the complainant did in fact eventually pay all of his debts, removes from the transaction every ingredient of…