69 S.W.2d 331 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1934
Affirming.
A.J. Asher brought this action in equity against his son-in-law, J. Leon Nuckols, and his wife, Chesney Asher Nuckols, to compel them to reconvey a tract of land theretofore conveyed to Nuckols by Asher.
Briefly stated the facts pleaded are these: Nuckols did not own sufficient property to qualify him as surety, and the land in question was conveyed to him to enable him to qualify and become surety for plaintiff in the Court of Appeals of Kentucky in the case of A.J. Asher, Appellant, v. Pioneer Coal Company, Appellee, and for no other purpose, and without any other consideration. After the deed was made, the bond was executed by Nuckols as surety, and thereafter the judgment of the *224 Bell circuit court was reversed by the Court of Appeals, and by reason thereof the terms and obligations of the bond were discharged and no debt nor liability existed by reason of the execution of the bond. The deed was executed for the above-named purpose, and for no other purpose because of the confidence plaintiff had in the defendant Nuckols, and because plaintiff believed that the trust, and confidence imposed in the defendant would be respected, and that the defendant, as soon as the purpose of making said deed was accomplished, would reconvey the said property to plaintiff, as it was understood and agreed would be done. The purpose for which said deed was made has been accomplished and fulfilled, and said bond is no longer in effect or binding on the plaintiff or the defendant, and plaintiff is entitled to have said property conveyed to him as was agreed between plaintiff and defendant would be done if no liability attached. Defendant refuses to convey the property back to plaintiff, although plaintiff has demanded that defendant do so. In addition to a general demurrer, and other steps not necessary to be considered, the defendants filed an answer containing in the first paragraph a denial of the allegations of the petition, and pleading in the second paragraph that the deed was made for a valuable consideration, and in the third paragraph that at the time the deed was made Asher made an affidavit that the land conveyed to J. Leon Nuckols was free from any claim on his part, and was thereby estopped to claim the land. The affirmative allegations of the answer were traversed of record, and, after hearing the evidence orally, the chancellor rendered judgment dismissing the petition. Asher appeals.
At the outset we are met by a motion to strike the bill of evidence. When oral evidence is heard in an equity case, the evidence must be made a part of the record by a bill of exceptions prepared in the same time and manner as in ordinary cases. Dupoyster v. Fort Jefferson Improvement Co.,
Where the bill of exceptions or the transcript of the *226
evidence is stricken from the record, the only remaining question is, whether the pleadings are sufficient to support the judgment. Martin v. Richardson,
Judgment affirmed.