Legal Opinion

Greenfield v. Monaghan

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 17, 1892PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Webster District Court. — Hon. J. L. Stevens, Judge. Action on a promissory note, to which the defense of usury was pleaded. There was a trial by the court, and a judgment rendered, from which the plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtRobiNSON, C. J.

Tlie note in suit was made by the defendants on the twenty-second day of September, 1886, for the sum of two hundred dollars, with interest thereon at ten per cent, per annum, and was payable to the plaintiff one year after its date. It bears an endorsement as follows: “Sept. 17, 787, received int., twenty dollars. Time ex. to Sept. 22, .1888.77 The plaintiff demands judgment thereon for two hundred dollars and costs, and asks a writ of attachment against tbp property of the defendants. The defendants admit the making of the note, but allege that Monaghan was principal, and his co-defendant…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Call v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. Baldwin v. . DoyingNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  3. Gokey v. KnappSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  4. Brigham v. MyersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
  5. Wyllis v. AultSupreme Court of Iowa · 1877

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. France v. MunroSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  2. Brown v. JohnsonUtah Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Richards v. PurdySupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
  4. McNeely v. FordSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
  5. Barger v. TaylorOregon Supreme Court · 1895

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