Connel v. O'Connor’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. ““*= * * The governing rule is stated in Connel v. O’Connor, 159 Or. 348, 354 , 80 P.2d 542, 544 (1938): “ ‘When a debtor conveys the whole of his estate to a near relative, ostensibly in satisfaction of his debt to the latter, it is incumbent upon the grantee, when the conveyance is attacked in a suit by creditors, to establish by satisfactory proof that there was a valuable and adequate consideration for such conveyance [citing cases]. The grantee must also point out the various items constituting the alleged consideration, when the conveyance and the circumstances under which it was made bear the semblance of an attempt to cover up the property of the debtor [citing cases].’ ” 488 P2d at 406 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fernandez v. Zullo