Field v. Schricher
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. Plaintiffs declare upon the following bond: “MARY FIELD et al. v. JOHN JOHNSON et al In the District Court of Scott Co., Iowa, Judgment for $1,779. “ Know all men by these presents, that we, L. Schricher, Howard Darlington, and "William Henry Darlington, are held and firmly bound to Mary Field et al., plaintiffs in the above case, in the sum of four thousand dollars, to which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs,…
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Appeal from Scott District Court. Plaintiffs declare upon the following bond: “MARY FIELD et al. v. JOHN JOHNSON et al In the District Court of Scott Co., Iowa, Judgment for $1,779. “ Know all men by these presents, that we, L. Schricher, Howard Darlington, and "William Henry Darlington, are held and firmly bound to Mary Field et al., plaintiffs in the above case, in the sum of four thousand dollars, to which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and assigns. “ The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden L. Schricher, H. Darlington…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
Appellants in this court discuss but one-question — maintaining that the instrument sued on is not, upon its face, an ordinary statutory appeal-bond, and that, *122where there is no ambiguity, we cannot go beyond the writing, but must look to the paper itself for its exposition.
The statute in force at the time this bond was given, provided that it should be “ conditioned that if the judgment appealed from, or any part thereof, is affirmed, or judgment rendered against him in the Supreme Court, the appellant will pay the judgment and all the damages and costs which may be awarded against him, and…
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