Clark Bros. v. Watson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monroe District Court. — Seneca Cornell, Judge.. Action in equity to foreclose mortgages and to establish liens and the priority thereof. There was a decree for plaintiffs, foreclosing the mortgages and determining the priority of liens and the rights of the parties. The defendant cross-petitioner People’s Savings Bank appeals from the finding of the trial court that the lien of plaintiffs’ mortgages was prior to that of said appellant.
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Appeal from Monroe District Court. — Seneca Cornell, Judge.. Action in equity to foreclose mortgages and to establish liens and the priority thereof. There was a decree for plaintiffs, foreclosing the mortgages and determining the priority of liens and the rights of the parties. The defendant cross-petitioner People’s Savings Bank appeals from the finding of the trial court that the lien of plaintiffs’ mortgages was prior to that of said appellant. Mary E. Watson, a defendant and cross-petitioner, appeals from the findings of the trial court, which were against her. A more detailed statement…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
There are many parties defendant and a large number of different claims and conflicting interests, so that the record is somewhat complicated- However, most of the parties seem satisfied with the finding of the trial court, and, as before indicated, but two appealed.
X' suretfésVsecret titled to subrogation. 1. The points in the case most seriously argued, and perhaps the more important ones, are tlie points raised by the appellant Mary E. Watson in her controversy with plaintiffs and some of the other parties to the action. . As to her contention, the pleadings are voluminous. Plaintiffs,…
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