Morgan v. Strong
Morgan v. Strong
Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Affirming.
William Strong and others brought suit against Charley Morgan and Mollie Morgan, his wife, to set aside a deed conveying a 150-acre farm to Mollie Morgan, on the ground that the land was paid for with money belonging to Charley Morgan and conveyed to his wife for the purpose of defrauding his creditors. On final hearing the deed was cancelled, Charley Morgan and wife adjudged a homestead, and the remainder of the land was ordered sold for the purpose of paying Charley Morgan’s debts. The defendants appeal.
ít appears that on December 20,1915, Charley Morgan and wife, in consideration of the sum of one dollar and other good and valuable considerations, conveyed to Jesse Morgan a lot of ground located in the town of Hazard, and on the same day, Mark Standafer and wife conveyed to Mollie Morgan the 150-acre tract of land. The consideration for the last conveyance was $2,600.00, $500.00 of which was paid in cash by Jesse Morgan and the balance represented by notes executed by Mollie Morgan, with Jesse Morgan as surety. At the time of these transfers Mollie Morgan had no property. Charley Morgan was insolvent and the property in Hazard was worth $8,000.00 or $10,000.00. Jesse Morgan testified in substance that at the time of the conveyance by Charley Morgan to him of the Hazard property, Charley Morgan’s indebtedness to him exceeded the value of the property, and that the purchase of the Standafer farm by him was in effect a gift to Mollie Morgan) for the benefit of her and Charley, who was his nephew.
The case turns on whether the Standafer farm was a gift from Jesse Morgan to Mollie Morgan, or was conveyed to her at the direction of Charley as part payment for the Hazard property which Charley conveyed to Jesse Morgan. It is argued that the burden of proving .that the conveyance of the Standafer farm to Mollie was
Judgment affirmed.
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