Meyer v. Evans
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court. On the twenty-sixth day of March, 1883, J. S. Jones made an assignment of bis property to Timothy Brown, Esq., for the benefit of his creditors. Before making the assignment Jones was in business as a merchant, and the only property received by the assignee was the stock of merchandise which Jones had on hand, and the fixtures in the store-rooms occupied by him while in the business.
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Appeal from Marshall District Court. On the twenty-sixth day of March, 1883, J. S. Jones made an assignment of bis property to Timothy Brown, Esq., for the benefit of his creditors. Before making the assignment Jones was in business as a merchant, and the only property received by the assignee was the stock of merchandise which Jones had on hand, and the fixtures in the store-rooms occupied by him while in the business. On the twenty-third day of March preceding the assignment, Jones executed to defendant, J. E. Evans, a chattel mortgage covering said stock of merchandise and fixtures, to…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
1. costs :seactiontortest claim against estate oí insolvent. I. At the first term after plaintiff’s petition was filed, defendant appeared and filed a motion for security for costs, which was supported by his own affidavit, stating that he had a good defense to plaintiff’s claim, and that plaintiff was a non-1 resident of this state. This motion was overruled, and the ruling thereon is assigned as error. The petition is in form a petition in equity, and the proceeding seems to have been regarded by the parties and the court as an action in equity. The court made an order that the parties take…
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