Deere, Wells & Co. v. Bagley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mills District Court. — Hon. C. F. Looeboubow, Judge. Action aided by attachment to recover the amount of certain promissory notes and accounts. Defendant seeks to recover, by way of counter-claim, for the alleged wrongful suing out of the writ of attachment. There was a trial by a jury, and a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs; The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
— At the time this action was commenced the defendant was the owner of a general stock of merchandise which he was selling at retail at Tabor, Iowa. He was also a dealer in agricultural implements ¿t the same place, and bought and sold horses and cattle. He was also the owner of an agricultural implement establishment at-Coleridge, Nebraska, and owned real estate and stock in that state. This action was commenced on the seventeenth day of July, 1886. The writ of attachment was sued out on the *200ground that, defendant was “about to dispose of his property witli intent to defraud his creditors,”…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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