Rand & Co. v. Garner
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Taylor District Court. — Hon. J. W. Harvey, Judge. Action in equity to foreclose a mortgage cm real estate. Judgment was entered against the mortgagor, Garner, by default. Windson & Cathcart were made defendants, and it was alleged that the interest claimed by them in the mortgaged premises was inferior to the lien of the mortgage. They answered alleging a senior lien on the property under a judgment against Garner.
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Appeal from Taylor District Court. — Hon. J. W. Harvey, Judge. Action in equity to foreclose a mortgage cm real estate. Judgment was entered against the mortgagor, Garner, by default. Windson & Cathcart were made defendants, and it was alleged that the interest claimed by them in the mortgaged premises was inferior to the lien of the mortgage. They answered alleging a senior lien on the property under a judgment against Garner. The judgment determined that theirs is the superior lien. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
— There is no dispute as to the facts. In January, 1877, Windson & Cathcart recovered a judgment in justice’s court against defendant Garner, and in December, 1881, a transcript of said judgment was filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court, and a memorandum thereof was duly entered by the clerk in the proper record. In 1883, Garner entered into a parol contract with one Long for the purchase o f the property in question, which is a lot in Bedford. He did not pay any part of the purchase money, but he took possession of the lot, and erected a dwelling-house thereon, which he…
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