Finley v. McConnell

This was an action of ejectment, brought in the Henry circuit court by appellee against appellants, to recover a house and lot in the town of Galva. A trial was had by the court without the intervention of a jury, by consent of the parties, who found the issues for the plaintiff and rendered judgment in his favor, and the record is brought to this court by defendants, on appeal.

On the trial, it was agreed that one John Youngberg, being indebted to a large amount, on the 14th day of July, 1857, executed a deed of assignment, by which he transferred and conveyed his personal property, chattels,…