Union Mercantile Co. v. Chandler
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, PolTt District Court. — Hon. C. P. Holmes, Judge. Action on an account, aided by attachment. The account is admitted, and a cross action filed for the wrongful suing out of the attachment. There was a verdict and judgment for the defendant. The court refused the defendant an attorney’s fee, and both parties have appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, C. J.
The account sued on" is for fifty-seven dollars and twenty-nine cents, and it is by the answer admitted. The damages sought in the cross action were one thousand, five hundred dollars. The bond filed in obtaining the attachment was in a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars. The sureties on the bond are not parties to the cross action. The attachment was levied on a leasehold interest in a lot and building and on a stock of goods, on all of which were prior liens. On the application of the plaintiff, a receiver was appointed, who, under orders of the court, sold all the property for six…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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