Hall v. Ballou
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clarke Circuit Court. Action to recover specific personal property. Trial by jury; verdict for plaintiffs; judgment, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Seevers, Oh. J.
1. ATTACHMENT: indemnifying bond: protection of officer. I. It was stated in tbe petition plaintiffs were tbe “ owners of six hundred and fifty sheep, by virtue of a chattel mortgage,” and that said sheep were taken from the possession of Edson Pennell, by the defendant, under and by virtue of a writ of *586attachment against said Pennell, in favor of Phillip Aller. Several defenses were pleaded by the defendant, which need not be stated at length; among which was that the defendant had taken from the attaching creditor an indemnifying bond, and therefore, the action was barred. A…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wadsworth & Co. v. WallikerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1877
3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. CadwellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- Lacy v. County of KossuthSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
- Eastman v. MillerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- Hopkins v. AntrobusSupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
- Wolfson v. Allen Bros.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1903
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