Hickox v. Holladay

29 F. 226, 12 Sawy. 204, 1886 U.S. App. LEXIS 2452
CourtUnited States Circuit Court
DecidedDecember 14, 1886
StatusPublished
Cited by3 cases

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Bluebook
Hickox v. Holladay, 29 F. 226, 12 Sawy. 204, 1886 U.S. App. LEXIS 2452 (uscirct 1886).

Opinion

Deady, J.

On June 14, 1886,2 this court adjudged and made a decree in this cause to the effect (1) that a certain judgment obtained by the defendant Elliott in the supreme court of this state, on August 15, 1879, for the sum of $24,630.22, principal and costs, against Ben Holladay, and then amounting, with interest, to the sum of $38,975.62, does, by virtue of a certain assignment of February 13, 1874, from Elliott to the plaintiif, Hickox, in consideration of the sum of $14,979.85 advanced to the former by Martin White on the security thereof, belong to Hickox, in trust for White, subject to a claim of the defendant Effinger, for services as attorney in said suit, for $7,871.85; (2) that sundry parcels of real property, in said decree mentioned and specified, had before then belonged in equity to Ben Holladay, who caused the same to be conveyed to his brother, the defendant, Joseph Iiolladay, with intent to hinder and delay the plaintiff and others, his creditors, in the collection of their lawful debts and demands, and that Joseph Holladay gave no consideration for said conveyances, and received the same with the intent to hinder and delay the plaintiff, and others, the creditors of Ben Holladay aforesaid; (3) that said conveyances are void as against the plaintiff, and the amount due him on said judgment is a charge on said real property, and Joseph Holladay holds the legal title thereto, subject to said charge and in trust for the payment thereof; and (4) that unless Joseph Holladay shall, within 60 days, pay into court for the plaintiff said sum of $38,975.62, with interest therefrom, and $219.32 costs, the master of this court shall, on the order thereof, to he made on the application of the plaintiff, as soon as the receiver of said property in the case of Holladay v. Holladay, now pending in the state court, shall be discharged, sell, as on execution, so much of said property as maybe necessary to discharge the claim of the plaintiff, and costs of such proceeding.

On October 26, 1886, the plaintiff made application for the order of sale provided for in the decree, based on the affidavit of the defendant Eilinger, to the effect (1) that Joseph Iiolladay had not paid any part of said decree; (2) that the receiver of the property appointed by the state court in Holladay v. Holladay, namely, David P. Thompson, “had [228]*228been discharged as such receiver, and there is now no legally appointed receiver in the possession” thereof; and (3) the suit of Holladay v. Holladay, “in which said receiver was appointed, has been finally determined1 by the supreme court of Oregon, upon an appeal taken by said Joseph Holladay from the decision of the circuit court for Multnomah county.”

On November 20th the application was heard by the court on the pleadings, proofs, and decree in this case, and copies, offered by the plaintiff, of a deed of trust from Ben Holladay and others to George W. Weidler, dated September 6,1886; of articles of agreement between Ben Holladay and Esther, his wife, of the one part, and Joseph Holladay and George W. Weidler, of the other part, and their counsel, dated July 10, 1886; and of the order of the circuit court, dated November 17, 1883, appointing the receiver in Holladay v. Holladay; and the affidavit of George W. Weidler, dated November 6,1886, offered by the defendant Joseph Holladay, with copies attached thereto of the final decree of the supreme court of the state in Holladay v. Holladay, of June 29, 1886; and the mandate transmitting the same to the circuit court; and the presentation of the same in said court by the attorney of Joseph Holladay, on July 12, 1886; of the order of the circuit court of the same date removing D. P. Thompson from the receivership aforesaid, and appointing Joseph Holladay and George W. Weidler thereto; and of the order of said court of September 27, 1886, approving and providing for the enforcement of the terms of the agreement aforesaid between Ben Holladay and Esther, his wife, and Joseph Holladay and George Weidler.

It appears that in January, 1873, Ben Holladay, being indebted to his brother, Joseph Holladay, in the sum of §100,000, gave him his note therefor; and that on November 1,1876, he gave him another note of §163,345, in payment of this and other indebtedness. Thereafter, and until 1878, Ben Holladay, from time to time, caused the real and personal property in Oregon,—supposed to be worth not less than §500,-000,—of which he was the equitable owner, including that mentioned in the decree herein, to be conveyed to Joseph Holladay by deeds absolute on their face. Afterwards Joseph Holladay went into possession, and remained so until the appointment of the receiver, and took the rents and profits thereof to his own use, of which much the larger portion went to his brother’s support.

In 1883 Ben Holladay commenced a suit against Joseph Holladay in the circuit court for Multnomah county, in which he stated the existence of the indebtedness to his brother, and the conveyance of his property to him as aforesaid; and alleged that the conveyances, although absolute in form, were really intended to operate as mortgages for the security of said debt, and asked to have them so declared, and to be allowed to redeem the property therefrom on the payment of what was due the mortgagee. In his answer Joseph Holladay affirmed that the conveyances were made to hinder and delay the grantor’s creditors, and [229]*229on the expectation that he would nevertheless hold the property in trust for him, so as to prevent said creditors from subjecting it to the payment of their debts.

On appeal by Joseph Holladay, the supreme court determined that the conveyances were executed with intent that they should operate as mortgages, and not with intent to hinder and delay creditors; and that the grantor might redeem on the payment of the debt, and costs of suit, which former the court found then to be $315,492.46.. The decree of the court also provides (1) “that the redemption hereinbefore provided for be made by the plaintiff or his assigns within 90 days from the entry of this decree;” (2) that during said 90 days, “unless otherwise ordered by the court below,” the receiver or his “successors” shall keep the possession of the property; (3) if the plaintiff fails to redeem within the time limited, the receiver shall pay over to the defendant all money in his hands, and “turn over and deliver to the sheriffs of the respective counties where said property may be situated all of the property in their respective counties,” who shall, under the direction of the defendant, sell all or so much thereof “as upon execution,”-as may be necessary to satisfy said debt and costs, which sale shall bar the parties of all right in and to the premises, except the right of redemption provided by statute; and (4) that the cause be remanded to the court below, “and that a decree be there entered and docketed in accordance therewith.” It does not appear that this decree has been either entered or docketed in the courr below, but only that it was presented and read therein.

The giving and enforcing of a decision of the appellate court is regulated by section 536 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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