Severance v. Knight-Counihan Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that an agreement was void that was made to defraud creditors
• \It is settled that a contract must have a lawful object and that a contract for an object prohibited by a penal law is void.\ (citations omitted)
• “It is settled that a contract must have a lawful object and that a contract for an object prohibited by a penal law is void.” (citations omitted)
• “The fact that the contract depended upon a condition precedent could be shown by parol evidence, since the contract did not include express provisions inconsistent with the condition.”
• one who conveys property to defraud creditors cannot revoke the conveyance
• findings are required upon all material issues

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).