Bowden
Bowden v. Wooden
Opinion
Lead Opinion
This is an action by the trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of defendant Earl Wooden to set aside certain transfers of real and personal property made by Wooden to his wife, upon the ground that the same were made in fraud of creditors; and to have it decreed that certain other real property acquired by Mrs. Woodm in her name was held by her in fraud of her husband’s creditors. The trial court found adversely on the charges of fraud, and judgment was entered accordingly in favor of defendants, from which plaintiff appeals, urging as grounds for reversal insufficiency of evidence to sustain the findings.
The creditor claimants in the bankruptcy proceeding were Arthur Huston and his wife, whose respective claims were based on judgments for damages which they obtained against Wooden on account of personal injuries sustained by them in a collision between an automobile driven by Huston and one driven by Wooden. The accident occurred on November 9, 1926; the actions for damages were instituted on February 4, 1927, and tried on February 23, 1928. Judgments for the total sum of $6,649.40 were entered in favor of the Hustons on March 19, 1928, and thereafter executions were issued and…