111 Ga. 383 | Ga. | 1900
An equitable petition was filed in the superior court of Fulton county, by B. F. Walker, the portions of which now material are, in substance, as follows: On the 28th day of June, 1890, the plaintiff obtained a judgment against the partnership of Chambers & Co., then composed of R. Chambers, who has since become a non-resident of this State, and George B. Nazerenus, who then resided and still resides in Fulton county. Both partners were served. In 1892 and 1893, Nazerenus with his own funds purchased a number of described lots in said county from S. A. Inman and others. He fraudulently had titles made to himself as trustee for Mrs. Laura V. Kruger, his daughter, who now resides in Coweta county, his purpose in so doing being to hinder, defraud, and defeat the plaintiff in the collection of his judgment. Each of the trust deeds embraced a power authorizing Nazerenus to sell and convey the property therein described without an order of court. The title to these lots is really vested, so far as the plaintiff is concerned, in Nazerenus in his individual capacity, as the deeds were made for his benefit, and were taken, as stated, merely as a subterfuge “to hide property from his creditors.” Mrs. Kruger was a party to this fraudulent scheme to defraud the plaintiff, and is collecting the rents on the property and holding the title deeds thereto without ever having paid any part of the consideration therefor, being purely a volunteer. The alleged fraud was not discovered by the plaintiff till August, 1897. He then caused an execution issued upon his judgment to be levied, when a claim was filed by Mrs. Kruger. On the trial thereof he offered in evidence “the said fi. fa. with the endorsements thereon”; but objection being made thereto “on the ground that said judgment and execution were dormant,
Judgment affirmed;.