110 Mich. 646 | Mich. | 1896
This was a bill filed in aid of execution. The judgment was against Joseph Wilsey for the sum of $548.90, including costs. It appears that he was the owner of 140 acres of land at the time the indebtedness arose for which the judgment was recovered. He had, from time to time, signed notes for a nephew to about the sum of $3,000, and, soon after this, he made two mortgages, — one to defendant Mary P. Lawson for $2,150 upon 50 acres of the land, and one to his wife, Orpha, for $2,000 upon another 50 acres. This was in 1893. In 1894 he made deeds covering these same lands to the mortgagees in the mortgages named, his wife joining with him in the deed to Mary P. Lawson. The bill was filed for the purpose of setting aside these deeds and mortgages as fraudulent against creditors. It appears
We have examined the record with great care, and are unable to find any substantial reason for setting aside the decree made by the court below. That court was of the opinion that no sufficient consideration was ever paid by the defendant Orpha Wilsey to warrant this conveyance, but that the same was given for the purpose of covering up the property, and keeping it beyond the reach of creditors. We concur in those views, and the decree below will be affirmed, with costs.
