Chapin v. Garretson
Supreme Court of Iowa
■Cross Appeals from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. F. Conbad, Judge. On August 6, 1889, the plaintiff filed her petition to recover possession of certain chattel property described, claiming the same by virtue of a chattel mortgage executed to’ the plaintiff by the defendant to secure a promissory note for one hundred and forty-two dollars and sixty- cents, then overdue, 'and for damages.
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■Cross Appeals from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. F. Conbad, Judge. On August 6, 1889, the plaintiff filed her petition to recover possession of certain chattel property described, claiming the same by virtue of a chattel mortgage executed to’ the plaintiff by the defendant to secure a promissory note for one hundred and forty-two dollars and sixty- cents, then overdue, 'and for damages. The plaintiff alleged that demand had been made on the defendant for possession of the propertyr and possession refused. The defendant answered, deny-' ing demand before the bringing of this suit, and…
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
I. The plaintiff filed an amendment to the defendant’s abstract, wherein she “denies that the 1. Practice in supreme court: record. appellant’s abstract presents here the rec-ord as it should be. for the purpose of presenting the appellant’s appeal,” and “amends the appellant’s abstract as follows, for the purpose of presenting her appeal to this court, and does not undertake to correct mistakes or supply defects in the appellant’s abstract. ” Nothing further being presented by the defendant (appellant), this denial must be taken as true, and the defendant’s abstract held tobe incomplete;…
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