Patterson & Co. v. Seaton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn Circuit Court. AotioN in replevin to recover tbe possession of a stock of goods and merchandise, seized and beld by defendant, as sheriff, upon certain writs of attachment. Tbe cause was tried without a jury, and judgment rendered for defendant. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBeoe, J.
I. The goods in controversy were seized by defendant as tbe property of Patterson & Smith, upon writs of attachment issued in actions brought against them in separate suits of many creditors. Tbe plaintiffs claim property in the goods, and the right of possession thereof, under a *690sale made by Patterson & Smith to them before the levy of the attachments. The defendant alleges in his answer to the petition that the sale under which plaintiffs claim the property is fraudulent and void, fpr the reason that it was made with the purpose on the part of Patterson & Smith to hinder, delay and defeat…
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