Westgate v. Drake

In a divorce decree Bertha L. Westgate was awarded a one-half interest in the property of her husband, which consisted, among other assets, of the business of the Direct Refinery Stations, an enterprise for the sale of gasoline products. Because of the fact that, after the filing of her bill of complaint, her husband, as she alleged, had proceeded to convey his property to others engaged with him in this business enterprise, with the object of defrauding her out of her interests therein, Bertha L. Westgate petitioned for the appointment of a receiver of the properties of the Direct Refinery…