Tripp v. Boardman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court. Aotion in equity, to have declared null and void a certain contract to modify judgments rendered in pursuance thereof, and to set aside a sale of the Farmers’ Union Railroad, made under one of said judgments. The facts are stated in the opinion. The District Court found for the defendants, and entered a decree accordingly. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
l. contract; when in writing. This cause is triable de novo in this court. The abstract contains one hundred and fifty-seven printed pages, and there is an amended abstract of seventeen pages. We can undertake to set out but a small part of the matter contained in these abstracts. Indeed it is not regarded as essential that we should do so. The material facts are: That in 1874 or 1875 a narrow gauge railroad was projected between Liseomb, in Marshall county, and Grundy Center, in Grundy county. The plaintiffs Tripp, Noyes & Hayden, and Churchill, under contracts with the company, furnished…
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