New York Piano Forte Co. v. Mueller
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Pottawattamie Pistriot Court. On the 8th day of October, 1872, plaintiff filed in the Pottawattamie District Court a petition in equity, claiming that on June 11th, 1868, defendant was indebted to them on account of pianos in the sum of $1991.10, and that to secure the payment of said sum and interest, on the 16th and 17th days of December, 1868, he caused to be executed to them deeds of conveyance for lots one, two and three in block five, in Casady’s addition…
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Appeal from, Pottawattamie Pistriot Court. On the 8th day of October, 1872, plaintiff filed in the Pottawattamie District Court a petition in equity, claiming that on June 11th, 1868, defendant was indebted to them on account of pianos in the sum of $1991.10, and that to secure the payment of said sum and interest, on the 16th and 17th days of December, 1868, he caused to be executed to them deeds of conveyance for lots one, two and three in block five, in Casady’s addition to Council Bluffs, and for lots eighteen and nineteen in block nine, in Williams’ first addition to Council Bluffs. The…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
— On tbe 18th of December, 1868, defendant wrote plaintiff that he had sold a large piano, and also the No. 1 piano that he had to take back for want of holding tune, for city property valued at $1,550, and had caused the same to be deeded to plaintiff. The letter contains a long explanation, justifying the course taken by defendant, and proceeds as follows : “ The deeds I have delivered for you to the banker and real estate agent N. P. Dodge, and put in market for sale; the lots are selected, good, valuable property and worth the full cost price, and will bring, next summer, two thousand…
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