Job Lackey

Job Lackey

Male 1847 - 1913  (66 years)

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  • Name Job Lackey 
    Born 11 May 1847  Warren County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    as Job Lackey, in the household of Enos Lackey 
    Census 1860  Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    as Job Lackey in the household of Enos Lackey 
    Census 1870  Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    as Job Lackey, farm laborer, in the household of Enos Lackey 
    Newspaper 21 Jan 1884  Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Set Aside and Held for Naught 
    Address:
    The Western Star 

    • —Although it is considered a delicate, and sometimes dangerous thing for Courts to meddle with deeds, so far as to declare them utterly void, it nevertheless occasionally happens that a Judge is called upon to decide and declare whether instruments of this kind shall stand and operate to defeat the claims of honest creditors.
      —The second case wherein the validity of a deed has been called in question in our Common Pleas Court during the past few weeks was decided by Judge O'Neall last Monday.
      —The first was the Hunt case, in which Judge Doan sat, and the one now under consideration was the case of Wm F. Dill against Job and John Lackey. The trial of this case came off at the close of the last term of Court, but Judge O'Neall reserved his decision until the time named above.
      —Wm. F. Dill, the plaintiff, asked to have certain deeds set aside which were made to Job and John Lackey by Enos Lackey in his lifetime, and which the plaintiff alleged were false and fraudulent.
      —The interest which Mr. Dill had in this matter grew out of a promissory note which Enos Lackey endorsed and transferred to him for a valuable consideration. The note was for $3,000 and was jointly made by John S. and James A. Roseberry.
      —At the October term of Court, 1883, Wm. F. Dill recovered a judgment against the makers and endorser of the note for the sum of $1545 and the costs of the suit. no part of the judgment has ever been paid, and one of the Roseberrys has since died insolvent while the other is a non-resident of this county and also insolvent.
      —The pleadings allege that Enos Lackey conveyed, after the suit on the note was commenced, certain tracts of land to Job and John Lackey that should now be made subject to the payment of this claim, on the ground that the conveyances were fraudulent.
      —Judge O'Neall in a lengthy review of the whole case, in which he cites numerous authorities to back up his decision, declared the deeds null and void and set the same aside.
      —Touching the charge of fraud he had this to say:
      "But is has been argued that we can not set these conveyances aside upon the ground of fraud without impugning the Christian character of Enos Lackey, and reflecting upon his sons, John and Job Not so. Enos Lackey was, I believe, a Christian gentleman. I never heard his integrity questioned, we are not now questioning it, nor that of his sons. The act may be adjudged covinous, although the parties deny all intention of committing a fraud. It is not necessary to impute to the parties "A premeditated or wicked intention to destroy or injure the interests of others." A man may commit a fraud without believing it to be a fraud. From the testimony before us, including the papers in the case of Dill Vs. Roseberry et al., it is evident that Enos Lackey believed that he had been relieved from all liability to plaintiff; he doubtless felt and believed that plaintiff had extended the time of payment of said note, thereby relieving him from liability. He did not feel morally bound to pay it; he believed that the plaintiff was the wrong-doer; he believed that he had a right to prefer his children, his sons. Thes defendants shared his feelings, they felt that they were doing no moral wrong in accepting the deeds.
      —The following were the last words of his decision:
      —I shall not say that the transfers were voluntary or fraudulent, but simply void as to the creditors of Enos Lackey. I do not attribute moral fraud, but pronounce the transactions fictitious. Looking at the probable views of the parties at the time these transfers were made, there appears to be no moral turpitude in it. I do not mean to even insinuate that there was any moral turpitude on the part of the Lackeys. I do not believe there was any. Yet I cannot believe that either law or equity can uphold these conveyances. Thse deeds are therefore held and declared to be void, and are set aside and held for naught.
    Occupation Owned a saloon at 1841 S. Wayne Ave.  [8
    Buried Oct 1913  Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Address:
    Evergreen Cemetery 
    Died 28 Oct 1913  Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cause: of carcinoma of the prostate 
    Address:
    County Hospital 
    Person ID I7825  TangledRoots
    Last Modified 25 May 2021 

    Father Enos Lackey,   b. 21 Oct 1802, Northwest Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1884, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Matilda Irwin,   b. 9 Sep 1806, Butler County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1881, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 8 Feb 1823  Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2709  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary E. Harley,   b. 1851, Warren County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 16 Apr 1874  Clark County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12
    Children 
     1. Harley Lackey,   b. 15 Dec 1877, Warren County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F3157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart