Green v. Green
Decision Date | 01 January 1889 |
Parties | OLIVER GREEN v. HARRIET F. GREEN et al |
Court | Kansas Supreme Court |
Error from Shawnee District Court.
ACTION by Oliver Green against Harriet F. Green and others, to set aside certain deeds which plaintiff alleged to be fraudulent as to him. Trial on February 7, 1887, and verdict and judgment for defendant James H. Easterday. The plaintiff brings the case to this court. The facts are stated in Green v. Green, 34 Kan. 740, et seq., and in the opinion, infra.
Judgment reversed.
Welch & Welch, for plaintiff in error.
Stumbaugh Arnold & Hilton, for defendant in error Easterday.
OPINION
This case has been in this court before. (34 Kan. 740.) The statement of facts therein set forth is referred to as supplementary to the following: In 1882, Oliver Green, a cripple, entered into a marriage contract with Harriet F. Wilcox, now Harriet F. Green. It appears that Oliver Green was possessed of some little amount of personal property, but had no real estate nor a fixed abode. Harriet F. Wilcox was the owner of a quarter-section of land in Shawnee county, of the value of about $ 2,500. Before their marriage they entered into a mutual agreement concerning the property of each of the parties, but it was not reduced to writing. She agreed that out of the proceeds of the farm he should be aided in his support during their married life, and if he survived her, until his death. They were married on the 31st day of August, 1882. Upon the 30th day of the same month she went to a notary and made deeds to her three daughters, giving to each of them an undivided one-third part of the farm; she left the deeds with the notary, with the direction that they were to be given to her when she might call for them, or if they were not called for before her death, they were then to be delivered to her daughters. The husband and wife lived together for nearly a year, he furnishing a large portion of the support for himself and wife from his own funds; during part of the time an unmarried daughter of his wife, and later a widowed daughter with her two children, lived with them. He furnished his wife with $ 100 to pay off a mortgage on the farm. After living together for about one year, she left him, and brought an action for divorce, which upon trial was decided adversely to her. In February, 1884, the deeds were delivered to her daughters, and they made a sale of the premises to Easterday, one of the defendants herein. In March following, all the deeds were placed on record in the office of the register of deeds of Shawnee county, Kansas. The cause was tried by the court and a jury, and the following questions were submitted to the jury, and answered:
The judgment was in favor of defendant Easterday, the wife and three daughters making default. The plaintiff, as plaintiff in error, brings the case here.
In the record it is stated that the agent of Mrs. Green sold the land to Easterday for $ 2,500; $ 1,000...
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