Peycke Bros. v. Hazen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. W. I. Smith, Judge. Action to recover the value of certain personal property belonging to plaintiffs, alleged to have been converted by defendant, acting as sheriff, under a, writ of attachment in favor of the Council Bluffs Grape Growers’ Shipping Association. Judgment for plaintiffs on directed verdict. Defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The property in controversy consisted of certain office furniture and fixtures, lumber, and materials for banana boxes, which had been the property of the firm of Marcus, Marks & Co., engaged in the business of wholesale dealers in fruit at Council Bluffs; the business at Council Bluffs, however, being carried on by employes of the firm, who had entire control of the premises in which it was conducted. On the 1st day of November, 1895, the firm of Marcus, Marks & Co. being indebted to plaintiffs, _ doing business in Omaha, one of the plaintiffs came to Council Bluffs, and a sale of the entire…
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