Elam v. A. P. Brewer Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bibb Chancery Court. I-Iearcl before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by A. P. Brewer Lumber Company and another, against L. P. Elam and another, to declare a deed fraudulent and void as to creditors, and to set the same aside. From a decree granting relief, respondents appeal.
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Appeal from Bibb Chancery Court. I-Iearcl before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by A. P. Brewer Lumber Company and another, against L. P. Elam and another, to declare a deed fraudulent and void as to creditors, and to set the same aside. From a decree granting relief, respondents appeal. All the data before the Chancellor being before the Supreme Court, this court should weigh the evidence and render such judgment as seems proper. — Glover v. Hill, 85 Ala. 41; WaHon v. Montague, 121 Ala. 287; Glaflin v. Muscogee Go., 127 Ala. 376; Megrovitz v. Glasser, 132 Ala. 103; Shoios v. Folmar, 133 Ala.…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
The bill in this case is filed by the appellees to set aside, as fraudulent, a deed made by W. IT. Cooper and Avife to Nancy J. Elam, Avho was the Atúfe of L. T. Elam, on the ground that the property in question Avas bought by said L. T. Elam, paid for AAÚth his money and the conveyance directed by him to be made to his said Avife, for the purpose of hindering, delaying, or defrauding his creditors.
The defense set up is that although L. T. Elam (the husband) negotiated the original transaction for the purchase of the land in 1904 for $1,800, of Avhich $600 Avas paid in cash, at the time of…
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