Davis Gasoline Engine Works Co. v. McHugh
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. — Hon. M. J. Wade, Judge. ' Action in equity to foreclose a chattel mortgage executed by defendant McHugh, and securing his two promissory notes. Defendant Kate claims a prior lien upon the property described in the mortgage, under a claim for rent. There was a trial to court, and judgment and decree for plaintiff. Defendant Kate appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWaterman, J.
1 The case- was tried on an agreed statement of facts, which we abridge as follows: Defendant Kate was the owner of certain real estate in Iowa Oity, which he leased by written instrument to his co-defendant on January 17, 1900, for a term of five years, at an annual rental of $210, payable quarterly in advance. The first quarter’s rent was paid on the-*417execution of the instrument. On the seventh day of January, 1900, McHugh gave to plaintiff a written order for the property in dispute, — a gasoline engine. This order provides that McHugh will pay therefor the sum of $870, —one-half in cash,…
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