Stanwood v. Wishard
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa
This action is by bill in equity. Defendant Wishard has filed a plea, now for determination. The bill is as follows: For many years prior to 1890 the defendant the Des Moines Doan & Trust Company, of Des Moines, Iowa, was engaged in loaning money on real estate security in Iowa and other norihwestem states, and in selling notes, bonds, arid securities to parties in the Fast.
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This action is by bill in equity. Defendant Wishard has filed a plea, now for determination. The bill is as follows: For many years prior to 1890 the defendant the Des Moines Doan & Trust Company, of Des Moines, Iowa, was engaged in loaning money on real estate security in Iowa and other norihwestem states, and in selling notes, bonds, arid securities to parties in the Fast. Defendant Wishard, of Des Moines, for many years has been a practicing lawyer in the United States and state courts of Iowa, and from 1892 to .1890 was president of the said trust corn-pany. Prior to 1896, complainants,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcPHERSON, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above).. The rights of a client as against his attorney are involved in this case. Opposing counsel are practically agreed as to the general rules. These rules are quite generally kno-wn by the profession. The purpose of the-courts is to enforce them in all the cases if the facts warrant. The opinion of Judge Sanborn in the recent case of Trice v. Comstock, 121 Fed. 620, 57 C. C. A. 646, before the Circuit Court of Appeals for this circuit, states the rules as .recognized by the profession generally. While that case was one between principal and agent, the rules,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Trice v. ComstockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Baker v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Stockton v. FordSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- O'Dell v. RogersWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- Harper v. PerrySupreme Court of Iowa · 1869
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Charles v. Roxana Petroleum Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1922
- Stanwood v. WishardU.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa · 1905
- City of Gretna v. GosserandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1939