Watkins & Williams v. Swiggett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mill's District Oourt. Action at law. The cause was submitted to the court without a jury, and judgment rendered for plaintiff; defendant' appeals. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion,
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, J. —
The petition sets up as the cause of action that defendant, then the sheriff of Wapello county, and one Collen, a constable of Mills county, received in their official capacity one hundred dollars, the money of P. T. DeYold, which they converted to their own use, and' refuse to pay upon demand. Plaintiffs are the assignees of the claim of DeYold. The defendants, in their answer, put in issue the allegations of the petition. Judgment was rendered against both of the defendants. Swiggett aloné appeals. • No questions of law are contested in the case, but appellant relies, for the…
2Cited by2 opinions
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