Kauffman v. Phillips
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jackson Distmct Court. — Hon. A. J. House, Judge. This is a controversy over a claim made by defendant J. C. Murray, who was brought into the original case by an order of court, making him a party, in order that his rights to a fund admitted to be due by defendant Phillips to plaintiff, Kauffman, might be adjudicated. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the answer and cross-petition filed by Murray, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Plaintiff brought action to recover a judgment from defendant Phillips for the sum of $500 and interest, being the amount which he (Phillips) agreed to pay plaintiff as part consideration for a conveyance to him of certain lands in Clinton county, Iowa, by one William Phillips. The defendant answered, admitting the indebtedness, pleaded a tender of the amount due to plaintiff, and alleged that he brought the money into court and *544tendered tile same to -plaintiff. lie also filed a -cross-bill against Murray an.d Thomas & Thomas, in which he alleged that each of said parties had served notice…
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