Richards v. Cowles
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clarke District Court. — Hon. H. M. Townee, J udge. The three cases entitled as above were by agreement tried as one in the lower court, and are so submitted here.
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Appeal from Clarke District Court. — Hon. H. M. Townee, J udge. The three cases entitled as above were by agreement tried as one in the lower court, and are so submitted here. They involve the right to certain funds now in the hands of R. S. Findley, receiver of the Osceola Bank, the proceeds of certain notes, which' at one time were turned over to the treasurer of Clarke •county by the officers of the Osceola Bank to indemnify the'county for any loss which it might sustain by reason of having deposited its funds-in said bank. The appellant, W. S. Richards, executor, who has been substituted…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, C. J.
— The facts in the case are so complicated that we find it difficult to make a succinct statement. Only those questions which arise in the case of Findley, receiver, against the live-stock company, et al., defendants, and Richards, executor, appellant, are argued by appellant, and the other cases will be referred to only in so far as they are material to the issues presented.
1. For many years prior to the institution of this litigation, the Osceola Bank was a corporation doing a banking business in Clarke county, Iowa. George H. Cowles was vice president and manager, and C. W. Cowles, until…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Richards v. Osceola BankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- Gilliam v. McCormackTennessee Supreme Court · 1887
- Miller v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- Leib v. StriblingCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1879
- Findley v. RichardsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. BowenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
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- MacHined Parts Corp. v. SchneiderMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
- Harrington v. TaylorCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
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