Powers v. Wheeler

Citations

• 63 Ill. 29

Syllabus

<p>1. Case—;fraudulent act to defeat creditor’s lien. A party who purchases goods aud chattels of a judgment debtor with knowledge of the creditor’s judgment and execution, which is a lien thereon, for the purpose of aiding the debtor to defraud the plaintiff in the judgment, where such purchase is an injury to such plaintiff by reason of the removal of the property and the insolvency of the debtor, is liable to the creditor in an action on the case for the damages occasioned by such act.</p> <p>2. A count in a declaration in such a case which fails to allege that the purchaser had knowledge of the existence of the judgment and execution at the time of his purchase, is bad on demurrer.</p>