Olsen

The defendants are husband and wife, and this action is in the nature of a creditors’ bill in equity, to set aside two conveyances of a certain tract of land (about three hundred and twenty-seven acres) situate in the county of San Joaquin, made by A. S. Olsen to his wife, Anna, on the ground that they were made “with intent to hinder, delay, and defraud the creditors of the said A. S. Olsen, and particularly the plaintiff herein.” The separate answers of the defendants admit the conveyances, but deny the alleged intent thereby to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor of A. S. Olsen. Judgment passed for the defendants, and the plaintiff brings this appeal from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

1. The court found, among other things, that neither of the conveyances was made with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor of A. S. Olsen, and also found that A. S. Olsen never had any beneficial interest in the land, though the naked legal title had been vested in him for the use and benefit of his wife, whose equitable title was her separate property. Counsel for appellant contend that these findings are not justified by the evidence. If the finding that the…