John V. Farwell & Co. v. Weber
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moines District Court. — Hon. James D. Smythe, Judge. The interveners, John V. Farwell & Company, seek to recover of J. H. F. L. E. Weber an amount alleged to be due for goods sold and delivered to him, and to subject property which he had mortgaged, and afterward assigned for the benefit of his creditors, to the payment of their claim. Judgment was rendered, denying the interveners relief, as against the assignment, and they appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
On the fourteenth day of October, J. H. F. L. E. Weber executed four mortgages on his stock of merchandise, consisting of dry goods. The first of these was in favor of Caroline Huffman, to secure the payment of two thousand dollars; the second was in favor of C. Weber; the third was in favor of J. H. Weber; and the fourth was in favor of Henry Deppy. Each of the last three was given to indemnify the person in whose favor it was given on account of an obligation he had assumed as surety for the mortgagor. The mortgages were delivered to the attorney who had drawn them, at the time they were…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- John V. Farwell & Co. v. E. Cunningham & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1892