Moore v. Jeffers
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Blade Hcnde District Gowrt. This is an action for the possession of a certain described tract of land, and for the recovery of damages in the sum of $500 for the use and possession thereof.
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Appeal from Blade Hcnde District Gowrt. This is an action for the possession of a certain described tract of land, and for the recovery of damages in the sum of $500 for the use and possession thereof. The action was commenced on the 20th day of August, 1878. The defendant answered, in substance alleging that on the 10th day of April, 1872, the plaintiffs executed to one John L. Farwell a mortgage on said premises to secure the payment of the sum of $700, on the 1st of January, 1877, with interest; that default having been made in the payment of said sum, action was commenced in the Circuit…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The Eevised Statutes of the United States provide as follows:
i. judgment : saié of lanas without redemptiou. “ Section 913. The forms of mesne process, and the forms and mode of proceeding in suits of equity and of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction in the Circuit and District Courts, shall be according to the principles, ....... f , r ,r ,, rules, and usages, which belong to courts oi equity and of admiralty respectively, except when it is otherwise provided by statute or rules of court made in pursuance thereof, but the same shall be subject to alteration and addition by said courts…
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