Poor v. Robinson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 8 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM GARRARD CIRCUIT COURT. First. R. M. Robinson collected the money in controversy from the United States Government after he made his deed of trust for the benefit of his creditors, and transferred the same, without consideration, to his wife, to the prejudice of the rights of his creditors. If the money so transferred is recovered from her the creditors, the appellants suing therefor, and not the trustee, will be entitled thereto.
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Case 8 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM GARRARD CIRCUIT COURT. First. R. M. Robinson collected the money in controversy from the United States Government after he made his deed of trust for the benefit of his creditors, and transferred the same, without consideration, to his wife, to the prejudice of the rights of his creditors. If the money so transferred is recovered from her the creditors, the appellants suing therefor, and not the trustee, will be entitled thereto. All transfers or conveyances of claims against the United States Government are prohibited and made absolutely null and void by…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Lindsay
Certain of the creditors of R. M. Robinson, deceased, are seeking to reach a fund held by his widow, Mrs. M. P. Robinson, on the alleged ground that it is made up of the claims allowed and paid to their debtor by the government of the United States in the year 1868, the proceeds of which, as they charge, were fraudulently invested for the benefit of the appellee. The two claims so allowed and paid aggregated, after the payment of costs and attorney’s fees, about the sum of $7,800.
To make out their ground for relief, it is necessary that the appellants shall trace the moneys paid to Robinson…
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