Dreyer v. Durand

Citations

• 80 Ill. 561

Syllabus

<p>Fraud—possession as agent not fraudulent as to creditors. Where an uncle of a party, in good faith, purchased a lot of goods and put such party in possession, as agent, to carry on and conduct the business for him, the nephew to have his living and that of his family from the proceeds of sales, and nothing more, and the business was conducted by the nephew as agent, his bank account was kept in his name as agent, and he drew his checks the same way, and on his bill heads and on his wagons was the same notification, it was held, on bill by a creditor whose debt was incurred before this arrangement, that the transaction was not fraudulent, and that the goods so purchased and used could not be subjected to the payment of the nephew’s debt.</p>