Richards v. Crawford
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Howard District Govurt. The facts in this case, so far as. material to the questions involved, are as follows : In April, 1857, the defendant Henry Crawford bought a land warrant and borrowed some money of the partnership firm of Taylor, Richards & Burden, for which he gave Ms promissory note for two hundred and ninety-four dollars, payable in one year.
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Appeal from Howard District Govurt. The facts in this case, so far as. material to the questions involved, are as follows : In April, 1857, the defendant Henry Crawford bought a land warrant and borrowed some money of the partnership firm of Taylor, Richards & Burden, for which he gave Ms promissory note for two hundred and ninety-four dollars, payable in one year. To secure the payment of said note he executed and delivered to John W. Taylor, one of said firm, a general warranty deed for one hundred and sixty acres of land. At the same time the said Taylor, Richards & Burden executed and…
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
i. moktgact: áeed absolute. The action of J. H. Crawford v. Richards ds Burden, 42 Iowa, 260, was between the same parties and in. "the same rights as the action at bar. What'ever rights of the parties were adjudicated in that action were settled forever, and cannot now be disturbed. It was there determined that, although the conveyance front Henry Crawford to Taylor was intended as a mortgage, yet by reason of the statute of limitations Crawford could not redeem. The legal effect of the adjudication was that,by reason of the bar of the statute, Crawford was precluded from showing that the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Crawford v. Taylor, Richards & BurdenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
- Burdick v. WentworthSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- Farley v. GoocherSupreme Court of Iowa · 1861
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