Ross
Ross v. Wellman
Opinion
lead Opinion
Temple, J.
This action was brought to quiet plaintiff’s title to a tract of land. Defendant answered denying the allegations of the complaint, except that he admitted that he claimed title to the land.
The answer then proceeds to aver that plaintiff is, and had for a long time been, the wife of one A. Ross. That on the 27th of June, 1890, A. Ross was the owner of the land in controversy, and was indebted to the defendant. That at the time said A. Ross had no other property subject to execution. That on the day last named said A. Ross made a conveyance of the property *3 to one John Campbell, for the purpose of having said Campbell immediately convey the same to plaintiff, which said Campbell did. That the conveyances were without consideration and were made and received for the sole purpose of covering up and concealing the property of A. Ross, so that the same could not be taken to satisfy the just claims and demands of the creditors of said A. Ross.
That subsequently the defendant obtained a judgment against, said A. Ross and caused an execution to be issued which was levied upon the land, which was after-wards sold under the execution as the property of A. Ross, and purchased by the…