Fromme v. Jones
Supreme Court of Iowa
■ Appeal from Marion District Court. ■ The plaintiff sued the defendant in trespass, for seizing and conveying away certain personal property of which he claims to be the owner, and to be entitled to the possession thereof. The. defendant justifies the taking, by alleging that he levied upon the same as the property of Samuel Altheimer & Co., under certain writs of attachment issued by the creditor of said firm.
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■ Appeal from Marion District Court. ■ The plaintiff sued the defendant in trespass, for seizing and conveying away certain personal property of which he claims to be the owner, and to be entitled to the possession thereof. The. defendant justifies the taking, by alleging that he levied upon the same as the property of Samuel Altheimer & Co., under certain writs of attachment issued by the creditor of said firm. The plaintiff claims title, and the right to the possession of said, property, by virtue of a chattel, mortgage executed by said firm prior to the seizure by the said defendant under…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
The counsel of appellant assign twenty-four causes of error, and claim a reversal of the judgment .upon each error assigned. In order to determine many of the questions presented, it would be necessary to have be.fore us the evidence upon which many of the alleged erroneous rulings were made. This the appellant fails to bring up.
*478•There are,-however; several questions raised by-the bills bf'exceptions, that are fairly- presented, and which fit-is important to consider' in the final determination of the cause.
- The-chattel mortgage,'upon which-plaintiff relies as establishing his title to the…
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