Myton v. Davenport
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. Action in chancery to foreclose a mortgage. The petition prays that a receiver be appointed to collect and disburse the rents. After the petition was filed a receiver was appointed upon an application to the judge of the District Court. From this order the defendants appeal. The facts of the case appear in- the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Ch. J.
— I. The defendant George L. Davenport executed a mortgage to Charles E. Putnam to secure the separate claims held by eleven persons against the mortgagor, amounting in the aggregate to over twelve thousand dollars. Plaintiff held a claim of seven hundred and eighty-four dollars andtforty-six cents, which was secured by this mortgage. Prior mortgages had been executed by Davenport upon the property, consisting of city lots upon which were valuable buildings, used for business purposes. The prior incumbrances amounted to more than seventy-five thousand dollars. The rents of the…
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