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51 Tex. 457

Lehmberg v. Biberstein

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1879

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1879-07-01

Tried below before the Hon. W. A. Blackburn. A. Biberstein, plaintiff below, who was a creditor of and obtained a judgment against the defendant Carl Lehmberg, and had, upon levy and sale under execution of certain lands as the property of defendant, become the purchaser of the same, brought this suit in Llano county, where the defendants lived, to cancel and set aside certain deeds of conveyance of the lands, wdiich were situated in San Saba county.

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Decided 1879-07-01

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Gould, Associate Justice.

¶1The court instructed the jury to find for the plaintiff if the conveyance by Carl Lehmberg to his children was made for the purpose of hindering, delaying, or defrauding his creditors. Under the pleadings and evidence, it was an issue of fact for the jury whether any part of plaintiff’s claim on Carl Lehmberg was in existence at the time of said conveyance, or whether his entire claim was not acquired subsequently to the conveyance assailed and with notice thereof. Such being the state of the issue as to *462plaintiff’s right as a creditor to assail the conveyance, the charge given was erroneous, and should have been qualified as asked by defendants in the first and second clauses of the second instruction asked, denying the plaintiff’s right to attack the deed if he was only a subsequent creditor, who had acquired his claim with notice of the conveyance. Such is the established general rule in this State. (Martel v. Hernsheim, 9 Tex., 294; Fowler v. Stoneum, 11 Tex., 479; Lewis v. Castleman, 27 Tex., 407.)

¶2Whether there may not be exceptions to this rule, it is not now necessary to inquire.

¶3For the error in the charge, the judgment must be reversed.

¶4It was objected that the suit should have been brought in the county where the land conveyed was situated. The suit was an equitable procedure seeking the cancellation of deeds, and was rightly brought in the county of defendant’s residence. (Vandever v. Freeman, 20 Tex., 336; Morris v. Runnells, 12 Tex., 177.)

¶5In regard to other rulings of the court on the pleadings and the admission of evidence complained of by appellant, it is enough to say that we have found in them no error.

¶6The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

¶7Beverset) and remanded.

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