Legal Opinion

Dicken v. Morgan

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 22, 1880PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Dvnggolot District Court. Action to foreclose a mortgage. A demurrer to the answei Was sustained, and defendants elected to stand upon their pleadings. A decree was entered granting tlie relief prayed for in the petition. Defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

i contract: not™*SevjJ denee. I. ' The mortgage was executed to secure five promissory notes. The petition alleges that one of the notes, ca^ing for $200, remains due and unpaid, and asks that a judgment and decree of foreclosure be renflered thereon. It is also averred that the note was given for the purchase-money of the lands described in the mortgage.

The second count of defendants’ answer denies that the entire consideration of the note was the purchase-money of the lands, and avers that at the time the note and mortgage were executed the parties entered into an agreement that defendants…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Trayer v. ReederSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  2. Atherton v. DearmondSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Erickson v. WiperNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1916
  2. De Rue v. McIntoshSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Sumter County State Bank v. HaysSupreme Court of Florida · 1914
  4. Bossingham v. SyckSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  5. Herron v. BrintonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1920

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