Fares v. Morrison

GOULD, J. pro tem.

This is an action to quiet title to an undivided interest in a parcel of real property and to set aside a deed thereof, allegedly given in fraud of creditors.

In the year 1937 Catherine C. Morrison and her husband, Robert V. Morrison, were the owners of the property in question as joint tenants. Robert V. Morrison was operating a grocery store and was heavily in debt, his creditors including his wife’s father, L. A. Cowper, to whom he owed $460.03, and W. M. Jenkins, with a claim in excess of $1,000. About May, 1937, Morrison signed a memorandum agreeing to “turn over” his…