Den. on Dem. of Jimmerson v. Duncan

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Den. on Dem. of Jimmerson v. Duncan, 48 N.C. 537 (N.C. 1856)
Battle

Den. on Dem. of Jimmerson v. Duncan

Opinion of the Court

Battle, J.

We are unable to distinguish this ease from those of Gowing v. Rich, 1 Ire. Rep. 553, and Gentry v. Har per, 2 Jones’ Eq. 177; and we think, therefore, that the judgment of nonsuit was right. It is not pretended that the conveyance to A. L. Erwin, as trustee, was not bona fide and fair. Admitting that conveyance to be good, the legal title of the land in question was transferred from John Duncan, the grantor in trust, to the trustee, and then the purchase from him by the defendant, James II. Duncan,, supposing it to have been with the money of his father, created exactly such a trust as those of Gowing v. Rich, and Gentry v. Harper, in which it was held that the remedy of creditors was not by a sale of the debtor’s interest at law, but by a bill to subject it in Equity.

Dobson v. Erwin, 1 Dev. and Bat. Rep. 569, and Morris v. Allen, 10 Ire. Rep. 203, cited for the plaintiff, were eases where sales by sheriffs were successfully impeached for the fraudulent contrivances of the debtors and ostensible purchasers, in consequence of which, it was held' that the- legal- title of the lands still remained in the debtors, and of course- subject, at law, to be sold under execution, at the instance of creditors.

Per Curiam.

The judgment is affirmed.

Reference

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Den. on Dem. of Alexander Jimmerson v. . Jas. H. Duncan.
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Syllabus
Where a son bought a tract of land with the money of his father, and took the deed in his own name, but really for the use and benefit of his father, and for the purpose of defrauding his father’s creditors, such land is not liable to be sold under the Act of 1812, upon an execution against the father. The creditor’s remedy in such a case is in Equity.