Ripon Hardware Co. v. Haas
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Pond dn Lac county: Chester A. Fowler, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal by the defendant Theresa Haas from a judgment rendered upon the pleadings and admitted facts in an action brought by a creditor of John Haas, deceased husband of defendant Theresa Haas, in which the complaint prays that the conveyances made by John Haas during his lifetime of real estate to his wife be set aside and declared void as being made in fraud of…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Pond dn Lac county: Chester A. Fowler, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal by the defendant Theresa Haas from a judgment rendered upon the pleadings and admitted facts in an action brought by a creditor of John Haas, deceased husband of defendant Theresa Haas, in which the complaint prays that the conveyances made by John Haas during his lifetime of real estate to his wife be set aside and declared void as being made in fraud of plaintiff and other creditors. The answer admits the conveyances without valuable considerations, and denies the fraud.…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed March 17, 1914:
Kebwiit, J.
The question involved in this case is whether,, under the statutes of this state and decisions of this court, a. gift to a married woman by her husband of real estate is void as to existing creditors, regardless of the amount of the gift, solvency of the donor, or intention on the part of the donor or donee to defraud. The question is squarely raised here because judgment was rendered on the pleadings and certain admitted facts.
Before the passage of ch. 86, Laws of 1895, it was settled by the decisions of this court that a deed of real…
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- Kriz v. PeegeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
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