Dorr Cattle Co. v. Des Moines National Bank
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. IT. McHenby, Judge. ActioN for damages alleged to have resulted from tbe suing out and levy of a writ of attachment. Judgment was entered on a verdict for the plaintiff, from which defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
In this action the plaintiff demands damages to credit alleged to have been caused by the malicious prosecution of attachment proceedings in Cook county, Ill. It appears that the Dorr Cattle Company, incorporated in this State in 1891, had acquired 1,030- acres of land in Calhoun • county, and was extensively engaged in handling and feeding cattle for the Chicago market. Large amounts of money were required in carrying on the enterprise, and it became indebted to the Des Moines National Bank for over $37,000. Of -this about $30,000 was secured by a mortgage on the land, upon part of which…
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