Hilborn
Hilborn v. Bonney
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Shaw, J.
It appears from the complaint filed August 20, 1912, that plaintiff had theretofore, on August 9, 1912, in an action instituted against defendant Frank R. Bonney to recover damages for alleged fraud, obtained a judgment against him in the sum of four thousand dollars, upon which she caused to be issued an execution and a levy thereof made upon certain real estate described as lot 22 of the Huston Tract, in Los Angeles County, title to which real estate was at the time in the name of defendant Ella Bonney and upon which she, prior to the entry of the judgment against her husband, had filed a declaration of homestead. The complaint then alleges the fraudulent acts of Frank R. Bonney by means of which he induced plaintiff to convey to him certain real estate then owned by her in exchange for certain valueless corporate stock, which acts were made the basis of the action wherein judgment was rendered against him and in favor of plaintiff; that after thus obtaining such real estate from plaintiff he sold the same and invested the proceeds thereof in said lot 22 of the Huston Tract, which, prior to the rendition of the judgment against him, he caused to be conveyed to his wife, Ella,…