Cook v. Jenkins & Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Washington District Court. Action in chancery. The petition claims the cancellation of a certain' judgment rendered against plaintiff, in favor of W. EL Jenkins & Co., the quieting of the title in him of certain lands sold thereon, and general relief. Upon trial a decree was rendered setting aside the sale of the lands, but declaring the judgment to be a lien thereon.
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Appeal from Washington District Court. Action in chancery. The petition claims the cancellation of a certain' judgment rendered against plaintiff, in favor of W. EL Jenkins & Co., the quieting of the title in him of certain lands sold thereon, and general relief. Upon trial a decree was rendered setting aside the sale of the lands, but declaring the judgment to be a lien thereon. Rebecca D. Sherman and James D. Sherman, who are made parties in the place of L. F. Sherman, deceased, one of the original defendants, as his heirs, appeal. The other facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The plaintiff is a resident of the State of Pennsylvania and the owner of certain lands in Wash*445ington county. W. H. Jenkins & Co. instituted an action by attachment to recover $12.50 due them upon an account against plaintiff, for money advanced in the payment of taxes upon his lands in Washington county. Forty acres of land near the town of Washington were attached, and service of notice was made upon plaintiff in Pennsylvania. A judgment for $12.50 was rendered against plaintiff, and an execution was levied upon the land attached to satisfy the judgment, and costs amounting to $8.95. The…
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