Block & Pollak Iron Co. v. Holcomb-Brown Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from. Des Moines District Court. — Hon. James D. Smyth, Judge. Suit in equity to declare a judgment held by plaintiff a lien upon certain lands, the legal title to which is in defendants Joyce, Hamilton, Campbell, and Evans, and to subject said land to the payment of the judgment.
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Appeal from. Des Moines District Court. — Hon. James D. Smyth, Judge. Suit in equity to declare a judgment held by plaintiff a lien upon certain lands, the legal title to which is in defendants Joyce, Hamilton, Campbell, and Evans, and to subject said land to the payment of the judgment. Defendants deny that plaintiff’s judgment was ever a lien upon the property, deny that the defendants in judgment ever owned or had any interest in the land, and further plead that they are innocent purchasers for value. The trial court dismissed the petition, and plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, C. J.
— The defendant in. judgment is the Holcomb-Brown Iron Company. It never had legal title to the lands. Claim is made that it at all times was the equitable owner, and that plaintiff’s judgment is or should be made a lien thereon. John F. Holcomb held the legal title from January 27, 1891, to June 3, 1892, when he conveyed to Fleming as trustee. This deed was made to secure about four thousand dollars of the indebtedness of the Holcomb-Brown Iron Company to Richard Brown, the National State Bank, and others. In May of 1894, Holcomb quit-claimed the property to Brown, and Fleming, trustee,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Farmers' National Bank v. FletcherSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
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