Reeves v. Sherwood
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Jefferson Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon. J. A. Williams, Circuit Judge. 1. A simple statement of the facts of this case show, that the debtor was insolvent; that he conveyed the land to his daughter for a nominal consideration pending litigation by his creditors; that he had no other property subject to execution.
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APPEAL from Jefferson Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon. J. A. Williams, Circuit Judge. 1. A simple statement of the facts of this case show, that the debtor was insolvent; that he conveyed the land to his daughter for a nominal consideration pending litigation by his creditors; that he had no other property subject to execution. This brings it within 22 Ark., iff; 32 Id., 231. Nor can he prove a different consideration from that expressed in the conveyance. 30 Ark., fif; 20 Wall., 31. 2. It was not necessary for the constable to hold the executions full thirty days before returning them nulla…
1Opinion of the CourtCockrill, C. J.
The appellants, who are the judgment creditors of J. R. Sherwood, filed their complaint in equity against him and his daughter, May B. Sherwood, to set aside a conveyance of land made by the debtor to his daughter, upon the expressed consideration of five dollars, while their suits at law, in which the judgments were rendered, were pending against him.
•The complaint showed that the appellants’ judgments were obtained before a justice of the peace in Union county; that •executions issued upon them on August 12, 1882, and were returned by the constable on the same day, with an indorsement of no…
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