Lull v. Anamosa National Bank
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from J ones District Court. — Hon. W. Gr. Thompson, ' Judge. Action at law to recover the amount of taxes assessed against certain shares of stock held by plaintiff and his assignors in defendant bank under and by virtue of a contract between plaintiff and defendants for the sale thereof. There was a trial to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
*5391 *5412 *538At the time the matters occurred out of which this controversy arose there were two banks in the towu of Anamosa, — one of them — -private, owned by L. Schoonover; and the other a national bank, owned by plaintiff, defendant' Millard, and others. The national bank had not been making money, and some of its stockholders became dissatisfied with the amount of dividends declared. The Schoonover bank was making money for its owner, but he was advanced in years, and desired to retire from business. Defendant Millard, who was cashier, as well as a stockholder, of the national bank, conceived the…
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