Rosenbaum Bros. v. Adams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Keokuk Circuit Cou/rt. Action for damages alleged to have been sustained by the seizure of certain corn belonging to the plaintiffs.
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Appeal from Keokuk Circuit Cou/rt. Action for damages alleged to have been sustained by the seizure of certain corn belonging to the plaintiffs. The defendants deny the cwnership of the.corn by the plaintiffs, and aver that the corn was owned by óne UnderAvood; that the same was seized by the defendant, Adams, as-sheriff, under three writs of attachment, issued by a justice of the peace in three actions against Underwood, and afterward the same was sold upon executions issued upon judgments obtained in the actions. They further aver that these plaintiffs intervened in the actions against…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
— The court made a finding of facts. It found that Underwood was largely indebted to these plaintiffs, and sold to them hy written bill of sale the corn in question, and delivered the same to them before it was seized upon the writs of attachments. In rendering judgment against them notwithstanding this fact, the court, we infer, must have concluded that they were barred by a prior adjudication. It did not expressly so find, but it made certain findings concerning the alleged intervention. It set out in its findings the so-called petition for intervention, the demurrer thereto, the judgment…
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