Moore v. Petty
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa. This was an action brought by Robert B. Petty and Henry H. Negley, executors of the last will of Catharine R. Negley, deceased, against Charles E. Moore and William B. Chick, copartners as Moore & Chick, to recover certain moneys in the hands of defendants, received from the sale of a tract of land.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa. This was an action brought by Robert B. Petty and Henry H. Negley, executors of the last will of Catharine R. Negley, deceased, against Charles E. Moore and William B. Chick, copartners as Moore & Chick, to recover certain moneys in the hands of defendants, received from the sale of a tract of land. The executors claimed that the land, when sold, belonged to the estate in their charge, and that the sale was made by defendants while acting ar their agents. The defendants claimed that, while they once sold the…
1Opinion of the CourtHook, Circuit Judge
The assignments of error present but four propositions which require consideration: Had plaintiffs, as foreign executors, authority to maintain the action in the state of Iowa? Did the Circuit Court commit error in permitting the plaintiffs to amend their petition on the eve of trial? Was the fact that no writing in the form of a verdict was signed by or on behalf of the jury fatal to the judgment ? Did the Circuit Court err in directing a verdict for the plaintiffs upon the evidence adduced at the trial?
1. The will of the testatrix was duly probated in Allegheny county, Pa., and, the…
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