Brady v. Ellison.
Brady v. . Ellison
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Opinion of the Court
Per curiam.
Vi Worsley was a creditor, the conveyance intended, to defeat him, was a fraudulent conveyance ;• and an as-sumpsit By Ellison to restore the lands, was'void. The act o-f Assembly says, the contract shall be valid between the debtor and his-grantee ;• and1 why? — To deter the debtor from the attempt,, by placing him in- the power of the grantee.. This, obstacle to the attempt would be completely removed, if the plaintiff could- legally bind himself to restore the property or its value, and the debtor could practise a fraud on his creditors without the least risque : for after he had succeeded in defraudr. ing his creditors, the law would interefere in his favor, and en-, force the returning of his property by the vendee.
If Worsley, however, was not a creditor, then the conveyance-is not fraudulent — and there is no legal objection.to the contract^ w.bi,ch the plaintiff has sued o' Yerdict for- the plaintiff»,
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