Hoover v. Mowrer
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Buchanan District Court. — Hon. C. J. Couch, Judge. The action was brought at law on a promissory, note, hut transferred to equity. A’cross bill was filed by the defendants, Hoover & Hoover, against the defendants, Craig & Adams, which was dismissed. A judgment on the note was rendered against all the defendants. An appeal was taken by Hoover '& Hoover from the order dismissing,the cross bill. • No appeal was taken from the judgment on the note.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, C. J.
I. The note upon which the suit was originally brought was executed by J. J. Mowrer and *44Ms wife, Sarah. Mowrer, to B. W. Adams, E. 0. Craig, C. Hoover, Sr., and James Hoover, and by them indorsed to the plaintiff. The purpose of the note was to raise money for the maters upon the credit of the payees and indorsers, they becoming security for the makers. The note was the renewal of prior notes made by the parties, and a continuance in fact of the prior "transaction. The Hoovers filed a cross bill alleging that since the commencement of the action they had paid the note to the holder; that the…
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