Borgfeldt
Borgfeldt v. Curry
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Richards, J.
The plaintiff brought this suit to quiet her title to two pieces of real property in San Francisco theretofore conveyed to her in consideration of love and affection by her husband Christoph J. Borgfeldt. F. H. Curry, the defendant, claimed an interest in the property by virtue of the levy of an attachment thereon in an action which he, as assignor of the Bancá Svizzera Americana of Locarno, brought upon two joint and several promissory notes theretofore made by said Christoph J. Borgfeldt, and three other persons or corporations, to said bank, it being claimed by said Curry that the transfer of said real property to plaintiff was fraudulent as against the holder and owner of said promissory notes.
In the present action Curry answered, setting up the execution of the notes to the bank, and the assignment thereof to him, and pleaded that the said transfer was made by said Borgfeldt while insolvent or in contemplation of insolvency, and was therefore void as to him and his assignor by virtue of the latter’s ownership of the promissory notes hereinbefore mentioned at the time of said transfer.
Upon the trial the court found the facts in accordance with the allegations of the…