Cadwell's Bank v. Crittenden
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Harrison District Gourt. Plaintiff instituted an action against one J. P. Creager on a promissory note given by him. Judgment was rendered in said action in plaintiff’s favor for $2,034.28. An attachment was sued out in the cause, and A. J. Crittenden was garnished thereon as a supposed debtor of the defendant.
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Appeal from, Harrison District Gourt. Plaintiff instituted an action against one J. P. Creager on a promissory note given by him. Judgment was rendered in said action in plaintiff’s favor for $2,034.28. An attachment was sued out in the cause, and A. J. Crittenden was garnished thereon as a supposed debtor of the defendant. The garnishee answered that he had in his hands certain insurance policies and book accounts and bills receivable, which had been conveyed to him by Creager in satisfaction of certain indebtedness which Creager owed, and which had been assigned to him. Plaintiff filed a…
1Opinion of the Court
Reed, ,T.
The evidence introduced on the trial in the district court establishes the following facts: For some time prior to the seventh of August, 1884, the defendant Creager had been engaged in business as a general merchant in the town of Logan. On the night of that day his store building and stock of goods were destroyed by fire. He was indebted *239at that time to Smith & Crittenden, J. M. Phillips, Peregoy & Moore, Stewart Bros, and Metcalf Bros., wholesale dealers at Council Bluffs, in different sums, amounting in the aggregate to $2,309.79. He was also indebted to James Tates, who had been…
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