Legal Opinion

Pryce v. Statler

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 14, 1875PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from Johnson Cireioit Court. On the 6th day of March, 1873, tho plaintiffs filed their petition claiming of the defendant Statler the sum of $326.52, and asking a writ of attachment. On the 7th of March an attachment issued and was levied upon certain, personal property's the property of Statler.

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Appeal from Johnson Cireioit Court. On the 6th day of March, 1873, tho plaintiffs filed their petition claiming of the defendant Statler the sum of $326.52, and asking a writ of attachment. On the 7th of March an attachment issued and was levied upon certain, personal property's the property of Statler. On the same-day Statler, with the defendant Wray, executed to Samuel McCaddon, the sheriff, a bond reciting that said McCaddon, as sheriff of Johnson county* by virtue of a writ of attachment, in an action wherein Glenn & Pryce are plaintiffs and Andrew H. Statler is defendant, had'levied upon…

1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.

i. equity: law.' I. Statler and Alt together applied to one G. A. Ewing and procured him to prepare the bond. There is a conflict in the testimony as to whether they directed him to prepare a delivery bond, or simply told him that Statler desired to execute a bond which would enable him to remain in possession of the attached property. Statler, however, admits that the bond was read over to him before he signed it. He knew what the terms of the bond were, when he signed it. If he made any mistake, it was not in supposing that the bond contained conditions other than it contained in fact, but…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Moorman v. CollierSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Och v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1895
  2. Mateer v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  3. Goodson & Koski v. SmithWyoming Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Stafford v. FettersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1881
  5. Williams v. RandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895

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