Waller v. Staples
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. — Iíon. J. L. Husted, Judge. Proceedings in probate for the allowance of a claim • against the estate of a decedent. A jury was impaneled, evidence was submitted, and a verdict for the defendants was returned by direction of the court, and a judgment was rendered in their favor for costs. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
On the twenty-eighth day of March, 1892, Elizabeth M. Houlihan and James Houlihan made to -Judson K. Deming their promissory note for the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, payable five years after date, with interest thereon at seven per cent, per annum, payable semiannually. To secure its payment, the makers executed a mortgage upon two hundred and eight-one acres of land. At the same time, and as further security, James Houlihan executed and delivered to Deming a chattel mortgage on live ■stock, wagons, harness, and farm implements. On the nineteenth and twenty-second days of December, 1892,…
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- Watson v. ChesireSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
- Webb v. . OdellNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Allen v. PegramSupreme Court of Iowa · 1864
- Giffert v. WestWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
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