First National Bank v. Hendrie
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeals from Pottawattamie District Court. Actions upon promissory notes; verdicts and judgments for plaintiffs; defendants appeal. The three cases are presented together upon one abstract. The facts of the case presented to the court appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The promissory notes which are the foundation of these actions were given to secure the building of the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad to Council Bluffs, which constituted the only consideration for which the notes were given. The answers set up the circumstances under which the notes were given, and upon these facts defendants claim the contracts are in conflict with public policy, and therefore void. It was shown on the trial that the railroad had been located so that it would reach the Missouri river at a point many miles north of Council Bluffs. The officers of the corporation…
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