Benson
Benson v. Harriman
Opinion
lead Opinion
Burnett, J.
The action was brought by a judgment creditor to set aside an alleged fraudulent transfer, and from the judgment in favor of plaintiff the appeal has been taken.
[1] A general demurrer was interposed to the complaint, and the first point made is that the trial court erred in overruling it. The objection upon which appellants seem to rely chiefly is that it does not appear in the complaint that there was an exhaustion of legal remedies so as to authorize the equitable action. The allegation in that respect is: “That execution was issued upon said judgment on the twenty-first day of December, 1917, and placed in the hands of the sheriff of the county of Stanislaus, state of California for execution, and said execution was returned unsatisfied.” This seems to be sufficient to make out a prima facie ease of insolvency. (Calkins v. Howard, 2 Cal. App. 233 [ 83 Pac. 280 ].) But if it should be thought that the complaint was incomplete in that respect, it is quite apparent that it was entirely without prejudice to appellants, since the evidence shows that the judgment debtor had transferred, or, at least, had attempted to transfer, all of his property prior to the issuance of said…