Case Name: Cornelius McBride v. Dennis McLaughlin, et al.
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1883-06-05
Citations: 12 Ky. Op. 195
Docket Number: 
Parties: Cornelius McBride v. Dennis McLaughlin, et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 12
Pages: 195–196

Head Matter:
Cornelius McBride v. Dennis McLaughlin, et al.
[Abstract Kentucky Law Reporter, Vol. 5 — 174.]
Conveyance Fraudulent as to Creditors.
A conveyance of land to the wife purchased by the husband with his own means is fraudulent as to pre-existing debts of the husband.
APPEAL FROM HENDERSON CIRCUIT COURT.
June 5, 1883.
Thos. E. Ward, for appellant.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Pryor:
The conveyance of the wife was made by reason of the purchase by the husband out of his own means, and there is no proof showing any agreement between them by which the wife was to receive or hold in her own right any of the proceeds of the Pennsylvania land, but on the contrary the testimony taken conduces to show the absence of any such contract. This court has repeatedly held that such a conveyance is fraudulent as to pre-existing debts; and if not fraudulent in fact the statute makes it so as to existing debts. See Gen. Stat. 1881, ch. 63, art. 1, § 20.
The judgment is therefore reversed with directions to subject the land to the payment of appellant's debt.