Cottrell v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Iowa
Judgment: assignment : evidence. Appeal from Cedar District Cowrt. — Hon. J. H. Preston, Judge. Summary proceeding for judgment against the defendants. Judgment rendered for the intervenors, from which the plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
This is a summary proceeding for judgment against the defendants, who are practicing lawyers of Tipton, Iowa, for one thousand, three hundred and seventy-seven, dollars, which it is alleged they have collected upon a judgment belonging to the plaintiffs, and refuse to pay over. The facts, as disclosed by the pleadings and on the hearing, are that on March 26, 1878, Piatt & Carr and I. M. Preston, as attorneys, procured a judgment for five thousand dollars against one Mink, and in favor of Maria D. Shaffer; that the firm of Piatt & Carr, composed of H. C. Piatt and H. C. Carr, were practicing…
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