Dorr v. Alford
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. C. P. Holmes, Judge. This action was originally commenced at law to recover a money judgment upon certain contracts. On motion of the defendant the case was transferred to and tried as in equity, over plaintiffh objections, which objections he now waives, and the case is therefore before us for consideration as in equity, on the appeal of the plaintiff from a judgment dismissing his petition.
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
*2801 2 *279I. ' The record before us is quite voluminous and may only be noticed in a general way. The issues and facts are in most respects the same as in Dorr v. Cory, 108 Iowa, 725, decided after the-holding in this case in the court below. On January 14, 1890, the plaintiff, being the owner thereof, conveyed to J. H. Snooke, as trustee for the West End Syndicate, a co-partnership composed of A. W. O. Weeks, R. G. Scott, and J. N. Neiman, for the consideration of forty-eight thousand forty-four dollars and sixteen cents, a certain thirty-seven blocks, _ containing eight hundred and thirty-nine…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dorr v. CorySupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
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