{ "id": 5098628, "name": "Racine Wagon and Carriage Company v. D. M. Roberts and Ella F. Jones", "name_abbreviation": "Racine Wagon & Carriage Co. v. Roberts", "decision_date": "1894-04-30", "docket_number": "", "first_page": "515", "last_page": "516", "citations": [ { "type": "official", "cite": "54 Ill. App. 515" } ], "court": { "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.", "id": 8837, "name": "Illinois Appellate Court" }, "jurisdiction": { "id": 29, "name_long": "Illinois", "name": "Ill." }, "cites_to": [ { "cite": "55 Ill. 261", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 5273296 ], "pin_cites": [ { "page": "263, 267" } ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill/55/0261-01" ] }, { "cite": "47 Ill. 450", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 5270126 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill/47/0450-01" ] }, { "cite": "143 Ill. 649", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 3080082 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill/143/0649-01" ] }, { "cite": "144 Ill. 299", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 3080631 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill/144/0299-01" ] }, { "cite": "109 Ill. 588", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 2852578 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill/109/0588-01" ] }, { "cite": "68 Ill. 159", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "opinion_index": 0 }, { "cite": "34 Ill. 382", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 5288639 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill/34/0382-01" ] }, { "cite": "35 Ill. 553", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 5256229 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill/35/0553-01" ] } ], "analysis": { "cardinality": 284, "char_count": 3874, "ocr_confidence": 0.48, "pagerank": { "raw": 8.809691169799155e-08, "percentile": 0.4966343597638318 }, "sha256": "71942c084112c89e388e2a4ba163faba4c6c40e18e618f5de145e03be1fc33cc", "simhash": "1:b9027c689058880a", "word_count": 701 }, "last_updated": "2023-07-14T19:49:51.601388+00:00", "provenance": { "date_added": "2019-08-29", "source": "Harvard", "batch": "2018" }, "casebody": { "judges": [], "parties": [ "Racine Wagon and Carriage Company v. D. M. Roberts and Ella F. Jones." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "Mr. Justice Waterman\ndelivered the opinion of the Court.\nThis was a creditor\u2019s bill based upon a judgment against D. M. Eoberts. An endeavor was made to subject certain real property, the title to which stands of record in Ella Jones, to the payment of the judgment. The property seems to have been purchased by Louie Eoberts when she was the wife of D. JVL Eoberts, and she afterward conveyed the same to Ella Jones, her step-daughter, in payment of notes amounting to about $2,000, made by Louie Eoberts and held by Ella Jones. When D. M. Eoberts married Louie Eoberts, she had $10,000 in money. They were married in hi ew Hampshire. Mrs. Eoberts seems to have always managed her \"own property, and to have put a good deal of money into business in which her husband was engaged.\nIt is insisted that at the common law a wife\u2019s personal property, in possession, passed and became the property of the husband., and that it must be presumed that the common law existed in Hew Hampshire, consequently that the $10,000 in money possessed by her when she was married, became his property. \"\nGranting that this is the case, D. M. Eoberts, when he came to Illinois, could, subject to the rights of his creditors, give to her all that he had. The property in question, if purchased or improved with his money, was conveyed to her, and, under the evidence in this case, must, if acquired with his means, be presumed to have been a gift by him to her. He may have been then insolvent, but neither any of his then creditors, nor any'1 person induced to give him credit by reason of his apparent or supposed ownership of this property or the money paid therefor, is seeking to set aside the gift, if such it was. Appellant\u2019s debt was not contracted until several years after the conveyance to Ella Jones was made.\nThe complainant in this case is, therefore, not entitled to impeach the conveyance to Ella Jones. Moritz v. Hoffman, 35 Ill. 553; Merrill v. Lutz, 34 Ill. 382; Wooldridge v. Gage, 68 Ill. 159.\nElla Jones gave a valuable consideration for this property.\nIt is not shown that she knew it was a trust estate. She had, so far as appears, no reason to suppose that D. M. Eoberts and her mother had not a perfect right to.convey it to her. It is claimed that it was then held by Louie Eoberts, in trust for D. M. Eoberts; but D. M. Eoberts joined in the conveyance to Ella Jones; she took title from both the trustee and him for whom the trust was, if any trust there was. D. M. Eoberts is estopped by his deed from claiming that the property is his, and the complainant, who claims under him, is bound by the same estoppel. Maxwell v. Maxwell, 109 Ill. 588-591; Smith v. Smith, 144 Ill. 299-307; Bowman v. Ash, 143 Ill. 649-665; Sweeney v. Damron, 47 Ill. 450-457; Bridgeford v. Riddell, 55 Ill. 261, 263, 267; Perry on Trusts, Sec. 147.\nThere is no evidence that the conveyance to Ella Jones was made to hinder, delay or defraud creditors.\nThe decree of the Superior Court is affirmed.", "type": "majority", "author": "Mr. Justice Waterman" } ], "attorneys": [ "James R. Doolittle and Samuel B. King, attorneys for appellant.", "J. W. Merriam, attorney for appellees." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "Racine Wagon and Carriage Company v. D. M. Roberts and Ella F. Jones.\n1. Husband and Wipe\u2014Gifts.\u2014In this State, subject to the rights of his creditors, a husband may give to his wife all the property he has.\n2. Same\u2014Conveyances\u2014 Who Can Not Question.\u2014A creditor whose debt is not contracted until after a conveyance by a husband to his wife, can not question the validity of the same.\n3. Estoppel\u2014Binds Privies.\u2014Where a person is estopped by his deed from claiming that property is his, a party who claims under him is bound by the same estoppel.\nmemorandum.\u2014Creditor\u2019s bill. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. William G. Ewing, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the March term, 1894,\nand affirmed.\nOpinion filed April 30, 1894.\nThe opinion states the case.\nJames R. Doolittle and Samuel B. King, attorneys for appellant.\nJ. W. Merriam, attorney for appellees." }, "file_name": "0515-01", "first_page_order": 513, "last_page_order": 514 }