33 N.J. Eq. 412 | New York Court of Chancery | 1881
The defendant Patrick Lawless, in 1873, gave his bond of that date, to Peter Lawless, conditioned for the payment of
The answer gives the following statement of the consideration of the conveyance to Lawless’s wife from her husband through Flanagan:
“ That Patrick, having been sick for a number of years and unable to provide for the family, consisting of himself, his wife and five children, his wife had worked, and by means of her labor and from moneys borrowed from her friends, had been able to accumulate some moneys, which she had given to him, and that this property was conveyed to her for a good consideration, in order that she might be secured to herself and her friends for the moneys advanced, and that a home might be retained for the family.”
Lawless, who is the only witness sworn on the subject, says that he had the deeds for the property made to his wife and the title put in her name because he owed her money which she had furnished him when he was sick; that he had been sick during a period of from seven to nine years, and during the time of his sickness his wife provided for him, and did all she could for him; that he made the conveyance (which he says was made after
On the hearing it was insisted that the fact that the complainants were the purchasers of the mortgaged premises at the sale under the foreclosure, for $500, while the property was and is worth a large sum beyond that amount (perhaps enough to cover the entire amount of the deficiency), is of itself enough to induce this court to refuse to aid the complainants in enforcing payment of the deficiency. But it is quite evident that that consideration cannot avail the defendants. The complainants are before the court seeking payment of a lawful demand, and they have been guilty of no fraudulent or inequitable conduct to debar them from the aid of equity. There will be a decree for the complainants