This is a suit to set aside a sale of certain real property in Omaha, Nebraska, to John A. Horbach, the defendant in the court below, the appellant here, by one John A Parker, Sr., on the ground that it was made to hinder, delay, and defraud the latter's creditors, of whom the complainant claims to be one. The material facts, briefly stated, are as follows:
In March, 1871, one John A. Parker, Jr., died at Omaha, intestate, possessed of certain unimproved real property in that city. He also held a deed of 17 other lots there, which he had purchased of his father in September, 1870. At the time of the purchase he executed to his father an agreement stating that, on a final accounting of all business between them, including the purchase of the 17 lots, he found himself indebted to his father in $8,734, to be paid to him or to certain creditors to be named, within one year, and agreeing, in case he should be relieved from two certain bonds of $3,000 and upwards, to reconvey the lots to his father for a like consideration, and the expenses incurred on them, the amount to be credited on his indebtedness. He left, at his death, no personal estate of any value, and his debts were considerable, among others one of over a thousand dollars to Horbach. His father, who was his sole heir-at-law, and his largest creditor, resided in Virginia, and upon his son's death went to Omaha to attend his funeral. While there, on the twentieth of March, 1871, he sold his interest in the estate of his son, and his interest under the agreement to reconvey the 17 lots, to Horbach, for $6,000, and executed to him a deed of the lots standing in the name of the deceased, and assigned to him the agreement. He also sold and assigned to him the claim against the estate mentioned in the agreement, Horbach agreeing for the claim to pay the debts in Omaha due to himself and others, amounting to a sum not exceeding $2,200. In May, 1871, Horbach, as a cerditor of the estate of the deceased, was appointed its administrator, and qualified. There being no personal effects with which to pay the debts, the real property of the deceased, including the 17 lots, were sold at auction under orders of the proper court, and were purchased by different parties, one of whom, named Kennedy, bought the 17 lots. The sales were reported to the court and confirmed. The proceeds were applied in due course of administration; and in November, 1874, the administrator was exonerated by the court from liability, and his bond canceled. Subsequently, Horbach purchased, at advanced prices, portions of the property thus sold, among others 15 of the 17 lots.