Swanson Automobile Co. v. Stone
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from O’Brien District Court. — William Hutchinson, Judge. Action in equity in the nature of a creditor’s bill to subject certain real estate to the payment of judgments rendered against the defendant E. B. Stone. Decree for plaintiff, as prayed, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
It appears that the defendant E. B. Stone had become indebted to a considerable number of persons. The claims against him were, for the most part, quite small, but, small as they were, they were too great for his ability to pay, and he had no visible assets subject to execution.
In September, 1916, his mother died, leaving him heir to an undivided fraction of a small tract of land, a state of affairs which naturally awoke the interest, if not the enthusiasm, of his creditors, and soon thereafter, the local constables were made busy serving original notices upon the unfortunately fortunate…
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