Ludwig v. Blackshere
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. William P Wole, Judge. Plaintiee, as assignee of James Adams, brings this action to recover the reasonable value of personal property alleged to have been sold by said Adams to the defendant in 1886. The record shows that the defendant has at all times since the sale been a resident of the state of Maryland. The answer is a denial that anything is due plaintiff.
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Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. William P Wole, Judge. Plaintiee, as assignee of James Adams, brings this action to recover the reasonable value of personal property alleged to have been sold by said Adams to the defendant in 1886. The record shows that the defendant has at all times since the sale been a resident of the state of Maryland. The answer is a denial that anything is due plaintiff. It is also alleged that plaintiff’s said claim was paid to his assignor, Adams, in 1888; and, in another amendment, defendant pleads that he paid for the property at the time of its purchase,…
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, C. J.
1 *3692 *368I. Adams owned four hundred and forty acres of land in Linn county, Iowa, upon which, in 1886, the defendant held mortgages in an amount exceeding ten thousand dollars. Adams admits he deeded this land to the defendant in satisfaction of these claims; and defendant claims that in consideration of his delivering up to Adams his notes, and satisfying the debt, Adams agreed to and did deed the land to the defendant, and also turned over to him, as a part of the consideration, the personal property now in controversy. The only point of contention is as to whether the said personal property was…
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