Opinion ID: 1686684
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Heading: the lower court erred in setting aside the conveyance from the appellant, wallace wade cobb, unto the appellant, mary ann c. cobb, by deed dated january 15, 1982.

Text: The Cobbs set the value of the land involved in the conveyance from appellant Cobb to his wife at $334,000. There was no monetary consideration for the instrument. The deed of conveyance was executed on January 15, 1982, the same day appellant Cobb was sentenced in the circuit court. The instrument was recorded January 19, 1982, in the deed records of Stone County, Mississippi. On January 22, 1982, appellee filed his complaint in the Circuit Court of Stone County. Obviously, the conveyance was for the purpose of evading payment of a judgment which might result from an anticipated civil action. The lower court held that the instrument was a fraudulent conveyance as to appellee, who occupied the status of creditor within the meaning of the fraudulent conveyance statutes. We think the lower court was eminently correct in so holding. See Morgan v. Sauls, 413 So.2d 370 (Miss. 1982). In Sauls, the Court said: All of these deeds were executed following September 22, 1979 (the date of the shooting), and, of course, recorded following that date. These dates clearly fell within the prescription of Blount v. Blount, 231 Miss. 398, 95 So.2d 545 (1957); Odum v. Luehr, 226 Miss. 661, 85 So.2d 218 (1956); ... 413 So.2d at 374. The record reflects that the aggravated assault by appellant Cobb upon his young nephew was a heinous shooting and was willful and wanton, particularly in view of Cobb's leaving the young man wounded and bleeding at the scene, without concern or aid for his condition. Appellee miraculously survived the shooting by his uncle with a .38-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver. Appellant Cobb was lucky that he left the Stone County Circuit Court with a suspended sentence. Except for the survival of his nephew, appellant Cobb probably would have faced a trial for murder, and, if convicted, a life sentence in the Mississippi state penitentiary. We find no errors in the trial below and the judgment of the lower court is affirmed. AFFIRMED. PATTERSON, C.J., WALKER, P.J., and HAWKINS, DAN M. LEE, PRATHER, ROBERTSON, SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.