Brewster v. Reel
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Council Bluffs Superior Court. — Hon. E. E. Aylesworth, Judge. Action to recover the possession of personal property of the agreed value of twenty-one hundred and fifty dollars. The case was tried to the court, and judgment rendered for defendant. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
On the eighteenth day of November, 1885, the copartnership of P. C. & W. D. Kirkland was engaged in business in the city of Council Bluffs, and owned the stock of goods in controversy. P. C. Kirkland, a member of the firm, was at that time indebted to plaintiff. On the day named, the plaintiff telegraphed from Kansas tó a law firm in Council Bluffs: “Attach or secure my claim against P. C. Kirkland.” Members of the firm, which received the dispatch on the day it was sent, procured from P. C. & W. D. Kirkland a bill of sale covering their stock in trade, which included the property in…
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