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Hollingsworth v. Holbrook

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 19, 1890PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Webster District Court. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. Action to recover the possession of specific personal property. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.

— The petition alleges that plaintiff is the owner of a Buckeye power and grinder, a Hocking Valley corn-sheller, one cow, anda “two and one-half inch Studebaker wagon,” and entitled to the immediate possession thereof ; that the property described was wrongfully taken from his possession by defendant John Holbrook, by direction of defendant B. M. Halstead, under a pretended chattel mortgage purporting to have been executed by plaintiff, and is wrongfully detained by them; that the pretended mortgage was never executed by plaintiff, and is a forgery, and void. Judgment for the property is…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Hatch v. HatchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812
  2. Eadie, Guilford & Co. v. AshbaughSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  3. Woods v. HilderbrandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
  4. Bigelow v. StilphenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1863
  5. Farrar v. PetersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Moyers v. FogartySupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
  2. Kingan & Co. v. SilversIndiana Court of Appeals · 1894
  3. Bacon v. HookerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
  4. Des Moines Packing Co. v. UncaphorSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
  5. Slattery v. SlatterySupreme Court of Iowa · 1903

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