Gray

Action to have declared invalid and void a certain transfer of property by defendant A. Brunold to defendant Rosa Brunold, his wife; for judgment against the said Rosa for the sum of $1,600; and to have a lien declared on a certain lot in the city of Los Angeles to secure the sum of $950, part of said sum of $1,600. The court gave judgment against defendants for the sum of $1,600, and that the plaintiff holds a lien on said lot to secure the payment of $900 thereof, and authorized plaintiff to take all necessary steps to foreclose said lien. Defendants appeal from the judgment and from the order denying their motion for a new trial on a statement of the case.

The court found the following facts: That on March 23, 1900, the Dairymen’s Co-operative Distributing Association (of which defendant A. Brunold was a member with three other persons), and each of its members, was adjudged to be bankrupt, and on May 22, 1900, plaintiff was duly appointed and now is, referee in bankruptcy of the estates of said bankrupts; that on July 12, 1899, and prior thereto, defendant A. Brunold was the owner of lot 55 of a certain tract of said city, and on that day duly declared and recorded a…