Bean v. Patterson

Citations

• 122 U.S. 496
• 7 S. Ct. 1298
• 30 L. Ed. 1126
• 1887 U.S. LEXIS 2128

Syllabus

<p>The court, being satisfied that the conveyance of real estate by the husband, when insolvent, to a trustee for the benefit of his wife, (which is assailed in this suit,) was made in good faith to secure an indebtedness from him to her for sums previously realized by him from sales of her individual property, sustaiu it, as coming within the doctrine, well- settled here, that while such a deed, made under such circumstances, is not valid if its sole purpose is to secure the wife against future necessities, it is; if made to secure a prior, existing indebtedness from the husband to the wife, as . valid as if made to secure a like indebtedness to any other of his creditors.</p>