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On the trial in the court below, the executions described in the plea were read in evidence, but no judgments were offered or read.\nDefendants then attacked the title of appellant derived from defendant in execution as fraudulent, and eviden ce tending to show his former ownership, and that her right was fraudulent as against creditors. A verdict was found for appellees, mo - tion for new trial overruled, and judgment rendered on the verdict, which is now assigned for error.\nThis finding and judgment cannot he sustained./ Mrs. Hartman\u2019s title was good as against her husband, and when attacked by appellees as fraudulent as against creditors, a simple execution in the hands of .the officer is not sufficient; they must go further and show a valid judgment upon which the execution was issued.\nAn execution in the hands of the officer is a sufficient protection to him when sued by the party against whom he holds the execution, but when he levies upon the goods of a third person, a stranger to the execution, he must produce the judgment as well as the writ to justify the seizure. Herman on Executions, 217; Seldon v. Van Buskirk, 2 N. Y. 477; Lake v. Bellers et al. 2nd Ld. Ray 733; Martyn v. Podger et al. 5 Bun, 2631; High v. Wilson. 2 Johns. 47; Damon v. Bryant, 3 Pick, 413; Savage v. Smith, 2, Wm. Black. 1104.\nIf the officer seeks to impeach a sale on the ground of fraud, he must give in evidence not only the execution but also the judgment upon which it is issued. Jackson v. Hobson, 4 Scam. 412; Johnson v. Halloway, 82 Ill. 335.\nThe record in this case fails to show any judgment upon which the executions were issued, and without such proof the jury were not warranted in finding against the title of appellant to the property. It is also insisted that the verdict of the jury was manifestly against the evidence upon the question of fraud.\nThe evidence tends to show that Herman Hartman, the husband of appellant, had formerly owned the property; that- he was justly indebted to one J. H. Baldwin in a large amount, and to secure the same, executed to him a chattel mortgage on the property in controversy, which was duly acknowledged and recorded as required by law.\nThe mortgage contained the usual provisions that the mortgagor should retain possession until default in payment, and that the mortgagee might, in case he thought himself insecure, etc., take immediate possession. After the mortgage was recorded the executions came into the hands of defendants, but before a levy was made, Baldwin took the possession of the property and sold it to appellant.\nThere is no dispute that Herman Hartman was justly indebted to Baldwin, and that he owned the property when he made the mortgage, and that the debt remained unpaid when he took possession. That he had a right to reduce the property to his possession under his mortgage, and sell it to appellant, there can be no question.\nTrue, she was a married woman, and the wife of the former owner of the property, but under the laws of this State she was competent to contract for the purchase of the property, and she did so purchase it, giving her own notes and a mortgage to secure the purchase price, no part of which had been paid when these executions were levied. Ho part of the husband\u2019s money, property or labor had been used by Mrs. Hartman in payment for her purchase when the levy was made, and we are wholly unable to see upon what ground the jury should find her title was fraudulent and void.\nIt is said that her husband was apparently in possession of the property after her purchase, just as he had been before it was taken from him by Baldwin.\nMrs. H. had a deed to the farm, and the property was used on it; it was the home of both, and after she bought she claimed to own the property, and her husband disclaimed the ownership. Such a possession was all that she could have or take consistently with the nature of* the property and the uses to which it was applied, and all that the law requires under such circumstances. She was not required to move off of the place and live separately from her husband, to enable her to hold possession of the property, nor is it material that her husband may have used and taken care of the stock and other property, provided such use was not inconsistent with her rights as owner of the property.\nIt is also urged, however, that the husband cannot give his labor to his wife as against creditors, and that crops raised by his labor with his wife\u2019s property on her farm are liable to the payment of his debts. It is a sufficient answer to this argument for the present, that no such state of case is presented by the record; no crops had been raised when this levy was made, but the levy was on the articles of property bought by her from Baldwin.\nFor these reasons the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.\nReversed and remanded.", "type": "majority", "author": "Higbee, P. J." } ], "attorneys": [ "Mr. J. C. Essiok and Messrs. Thoenton & Hamlin, for appellant;", "Mr. John B. Jones' and Mi*. J. C. MoQuigo, for appellees;" ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "Louisa C. Hartman v. B. C. Cochrane et al.\n1. Execution\u2014When protection to the officer.\u2014An execution in the hands of an officer is a sufficient protection to him when sued by the party against whom he holds the execution, but when he levies upon the goods of a third person, a stranger to the execution, he must produce the judgment as well as the execution to justify the seizure.\n2. Property purchased by wife\u2014Possession.\u2014The evidence showed that the property in question formerly belonged to the husband of appellant, and was by him mortgaged to B, who took possession under the mortgage, and afterwards sold it, appellant becoming the purchaser; but there was no proof that any funds belonging to the husband were used in payment of such purchase. This was not sufficient to warrant the jury in finding a verdict against appellant as to the ownership of the property; nor does the fact that appellant took possession of the property and returned it to the home, where she resided with her husband, she being the owner of the farm, aid in reaching such a conclusion; nor is it material that her husband may have used and taken care of the property, provided such use and care were not inconsistent with appellant\u2019s rights as owner.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Christian county; the Hon. C. S. Zane, Judge, presiding.\nMr. J. C. Essiok and Messrs. Thoenton & Hamlin, for appellant;\nupon the right of the mortgagee to foreclose the mortgage, cited Fox v. Kitton, 19 Ill. 519; Bailey v. Godfrey, 54 Ill. 507; Lewis v. D \u2019Arcy, 71 Ill. 648; Frisbee v. Langworthy, 11 Wis. 375; Welch v. Lockett, 12 Wis. 243; Spriggs v. Camp, 2 Speers, 181; Furlong v. Cox, 77 Ill. 293.\nAppellant could lawfully engage her husband to act as her agent: Brownell v. Dixon, 37 Ill. 187; Wortman v. Price, 47 Ill. 22; Pike v. Baker, 53 Ill. 163; Greenwood v. Jenkle, 68 Ill. 319.\nPossession as agent is not fraudulent: Peters v. Smith, 42 Ill. 417; Dreyer v. Durand, 80 Ill. 561.\nIf appellant bought the property in good faith, for a valuable consideration, knowledge that it might defraud her husband\u2019s creditors, will not affect her right to hold it: Hessing v. McCloskey, 37 Ill. 341; Gray v. St. John, 35 Ill. 222; Miller v. Kirby, 74 Ill. 242.\nFraud will not be inferred because the sale was to the wife. It must be proved: Waterman v. Donaldson, 43 Ill. 29.\nTo vitiate a sale, both vendor and purchaser must participate in the fraud: Brown v. Riley, 22 Ill. 46; Miller v. Kirby, 74 Ill. 242; Hatch v. Jordan, 74 Ill 414.\nWhere instructions calculated to mislead the jury are given, the verdict should be set aside: Carter v. Carter, 62 Ill. 439; Adams v. Smith, 58 Ill. 417; Baldwin v. Killian, 63 Ill. 550.\nMr. John B. Jones' and Mi*. J. C. MoQuigo, for appellees;\nthat a man\u2019s labor is valuable capital which cannot .be appropriated by his wife to the exclusion of his creditors, cited Wilson v. Loomis, 55 Ill. 352.\nThe verdict will not be disturbed unless there is a manifest want of evidence to support it: T. W. & W. R. R. Co. v. Moore, 77 Ill. 217; Chicago City R\u2019y Co. v. Young, 62 Ill. 238.\nIf it is manifest the jury were not misled by an instruction, though inaccurate, the verdict will not be disturbed: Potter v. Potter, 41 Ill. 80; Jarrard v. Harper, 42 Ill. 457.\nAn erroneous instruction is cured by giving another not erroneous: Lawrence v. Hagerman, 56 Ill. 68.\nIf there be any proof, though not direct, an instruction may be predicated upon it: Peoria M. & F. Ins. Co. v. Anapow, 45 Ill. 86." }, "file_name": "0592-01", "first_page_order": 588, "last_page_order": 592 }