Sperry v. Etheridge
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from. Polls Cirev.it Court. Plaintiffs allege in tbeir petition that in tbe month of August, 1882, they were the owners of two chattel mortgages on a stock of goods and merchandise, given by one George "W. Hamilton, to secure an indebtedness of about $150, which he ivas owing them, and that defendant seized and converted said mortgaged property to his own use; and they ask judgment for the value of their interest therein.
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Appeal from. Polls Cirev.it Court. Plaintiffs allege in tbeir petition that in tbe month of August, 1882, they were the owners of two chattel mortgages on a stock of goods and merchandise, given by one George "W. Hamilton, to secure an indebtedness of about $150, which he ivas owing them, and that defendant seized and converted said mortgaged property to his own use; and they ask judgment for the value of their interest therein. The defendant answers that he seized the property by virtue of a writ of attachment, issued by the circuit court of the United States for the district of Iowa, and…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
Hamilton, the mortgagor, was a merchant doing business at Knoxville, Marion county. One of the mortgages under which plaintiffs claim was executed on the fourth, and the other on the fifth, of July, 1882. They were given to secure different debts, and each covers all the goods and merchandise then in the store, or which should thereafter be added to the stock. The one first executed also covers all notes and book accounts then in the store, and the other covers all notes, book accounts and other evidences of indebtedness which may thereafter accrue in favor of Hamilton, arising out of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hughes v. CorySupreme Court of Iowa · 1866
- Torbert v. HaydenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1861
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