Ewing v. Harris

Indiana Supreme Court

Ewing v. Harris

4 Blackf. 71, 1835 Ind. LEXIS 35

DecidedJune 6, 1835

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Ewing v. Harris, 4 Blackf. 71, 1835 Ind. LEXIS 35 (Ind. 1835).

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BILL in chancery to set aside a conveyance of real estate, executed to Harris by the other defendants. The bill stated that the grantors, at the time the deed was executed, were indebted to the complainants in a certain sum of money, of [72]*72which the grantee had notice; that the conveyance was without consideration, and was made by the grantors and received by the grantee, for the purpose of defrauding the complainants out demands. ^ was a^so staied that the complainants afterwards obtained judgments for the debts before a justice of the peace; took out executions thereon which were returned nulla bona; and filed transcripts of the judgments in the clerk’s office of the Circuit Court.

The answers denied all fraud; but the allegations of the bill, in the opinion of the Court, were sustained by the depositions.

The Court set aside the conveyance as fraudulent and void as to creditors.

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BILL in chancery to set aside a conveyance of real estate, executed to Harris by the other defendants. The bill stated that the grantors, at the time the deed was executed, were indebted to the complainants in a certain sum of money, of [72]*72which the grantee had notice; that the conveyance was without consideration, and was made by the grantors and received by the grantee, for the purpose of defrauding the complainants out demands. ^ was a^so staied that the complainants afterwards obtained judgments for the debts before a justice of the peace; took out executions thereon which were returned nulla bona; and filed transcripts of the judgments in the clerk’s office of the Circuit Court.

The answers denied all fraud; but the allegations of the bill, in the opinion of the Court, were sustained by the depositions.

The Court set aside the conveyance as fraudulent and void as to creditors.

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4 Blackf. 71, 1835 Ind. LEXIS 35, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/ewing-v-harris-ind-1835.