Campbell v. Brown
Supreme Court of Iowa
'Appeal from Wayne Circuit Court. Action on two promissory notes payable to W. W. Campbell or bearer, and to foreclose a mortgage given to secure the same. Trial to the court, judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
' Servers, J.
The jirincipal question discussed by counsel is whether the plaintiff can maintain this action. W. W. Campbell, the payee of the notes, at tlie time of his death in 1882, resided in the State of Illinois. The notes were in his possession in that state, and by his last will he devised the same to the plaintiff. The will was duly admitted to probate in said state, and an executor of the estate appointed in the state of Illinois. The executor assigned tlie notes to the plaintiff, in pursuance of a bequest made in the will. This action was reported to and approved by the court that…
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