Legal Opinion
Bigelow v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 3, 1893PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. F. Conrad,. Judge. Action at law to recover from trie defendant, as a stockholder of . the Des Moines, Osceola & Southern Bailway Company. There was a judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
— The case, as presented by the pleadings, is as follows: April 1, 1885, M. H. King began suit in the circuit court of Madison county against the Des Moines, Osceola & Southern Railway Company to enforce a mechanic’s lien for $15,000, and for the. appointment of a receiver. April 9, 1885, King executed to R. T. Wilson & Co. the following assignment:
“I, M. H. King, plaintiff in the above-entitled cause, in consideration of the sum of nine thousand, three hundred dollars to' me in hand paid by R. T. Wilson & Co., of the city of New York, do hereby sell, assign, and transfer to said R. T. Wilson…
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- First National Bank v. Hurford & BrotherSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
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