Joiner v. Van Alstyne
Joiner v. Van Alstyne
Opinion of the Court
An opinion was filed in this case in 20 Neb., 578, a rehearing was afterward granted, and the cause again submitted to the court. The action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant in the district court of Lancaster county to subject certain real estate described in the petition to the payment of a certain judgment recovered by the plaintiff against the defendant, Yan Alstyne, in March,
The testimony tends to show that on the 21st day of January, 1884, Van Alstyne and wife conveyed the property in controversy to the defendant, John Doolittle, and this action was commenced in February of that year; the deed to Doolittle, however, was not recorded until October, 1884. The testimony tends to show that the property at the time of the execution of the deed was worth about seven thousand dollars; that as part of the consideration Doolittle assumed the payment of three thousand five hundred dollars due from Van Alstyne to certain banks in Lincoln • he also assumed an incumbrance of about twelve hundred dollars on the property and satisfied an account of eight hundred and fifty dollars due from Van Alstyne to him;
The value of the lease we are unable to determine, as there is no proof upon that point. So far as thé récord discloses, the transaction was bona fide. The fact that'Van Alstyne was insolvent at the time the transfer was made would not render the conveyance void' as to creditors, Unless it was made with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud them', and the proof fails to show any such intent. It does appear that Van Alstyne had been a contractor in the construction of public buildings, and that Doolittle furnished him lumber and building material, but there is nothing to show that he had aided him to conceal his property or to evade the payment of his debts. The leased property was Van Alstyne’s home, in which his wife and family resided, but whether he possessed $500 in money or property in addition, we are unable to determine from this record. There is no error in the record and the judgment is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
Reference
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- Herbert C. Joiner, in error v. W. L. Van Alstyne, in error
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