Johnson v. Mantz
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. Action in chancery for the settlement of a partnership existing between plaintiff and defendant Mantz,*and for an injunction restraining the Keokuk & Northwestern Railway Company from paying Mantz certain money owed by it to the firm. There was a decree in the court below for plaintiff. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, J.
I. The petition shows that the plaintiff and defendant Mantz are copartners in the business of quarrying stone; that the defendant the Keokuk & Northwestern Railway Company is indebted to the firm in a large sum for stone sold to it; that plaintiff, having no access to the books of the firm, has no knowledge of the amounts of money received by, Mantz, who, in the business, acts fraudulently and in bad faith, and is insolvent; that the railroad company is about to pay him a large sum of money which he claims is due him individually; and that plaintiff will suffer irreparable loss and injury…
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