Hughes v. Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co.

Plaintiff alleges in'his-petition that the New York Trust Company brought suit in the- district court of the United States in and for the southern district of Iowa, eastern division, for judgment and foreclosure of a mortgage and' the appointment of a receiver and -other- matters. Plaintiff'¡was employed-as counsel, to resist-and defeat sueh foreclosure proceedings, if possible, and to care for defendant’s legal rights in the premises. . He performed said services, and avers that said-suit of foreclosure has been- abandoned. ' He further says- that the corporate character, of - the defendant…