Bush v. Vail
Bush v. Vail
Opinion of the Court
Opinion.
If Bush obtained the chose in action of Mrs. Vail by means which constitute him her debtor therefor,^ she should have stated the facts out of which her right and his liability arose definitely and clearly. She has not done this. The allegations of her bill must be taken most strongly against her, and it is apparent that the failure of her husband to pay for the land, and its loss to him by the sale to pay Bush, suggested the claim of appellee to recover from Bush her means improvidently devoted by her to the partial payment of her husband’s indebtedness for the purchase • money of the land. If Bush perpetrated a fraud on appellee, whereby he obtained her means for the debt of her husband, it should be precisely charged — not by a general allegation that he obtained it by fraudulent means, but by a specific statement of the fraudulent acts done, so that he might meet the precise charge by a specific answer. The only specific statement of the bill on this subject is that Bush induced appellee to devote her separate estate to the partial payment of her husband’s indebtedness for the land, by
Decree reversed, demurrer sustained, and bill dismissed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- A. P. Bush v. Barbara A. Vail
- Status
- Published