Woodbury v. Maguire
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Floyd District Court. Francis W. Crane & Co. brought an action in the District Court of Floyd county against F. P. Woodbury, appellant, alleging in their petition that Woodbury w&,s a non-resident of Iowa. Service of the original notice was had by publication. Judgment by default was rendered. The action was aided by attachment, and 160 acres of land in said county, were levied upon.
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Appeal from Floyd District Court. Francis W. Crane & Co. brought an action in the District Court of Floyd county against F. P. Woodbury, appellant, alleging in their petition that Woodbury w&,s a non-resident of Iowa. Service of the original notice was had by publication. Judgment by default was rendered. The action was aided by attachment, and 160 acres of land in said county, were levied upon. Special execution issued and said land was sold to Hugh Ferguson, one of the firm of plaintiffs, for the amount of the judgment and costs. Shortly thereafter a deed was made by Ferguson to Constantine…
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
The petition in the case of Francis W: Crane & Co. v. Woodbury, as its cause of action, states that Woodbury is indebted to plaintiffs in the sum of $1,429.54, with interest from Sept. 19th, 1871, for money laid out and expended, at the reqncst of defendant, in the purchase, at his request, of 150 tierces of hams in July, 1871, at St. Louis, and shipped to the City of New York, at defendant’s request. That defendant refused to receive said hams at New York, and the same were sold on liis account at a loss of $1,429.54.. The statement of the cause of action in the original notice, which was…
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