Barber v. Scott
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Story District Court. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. Action to recover the value of certain personal property. The action was dropped from the judge’s calendar for want of prosecution, and from a ruling refusing to reinstate the case the plaintiff appealed.—
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
This cause óf action accrued somewhere about 1886. It was commenced in September, 1891, and issue taken in October following. A trial notice was served on plaintiff, and the cause then continued by agreement from term to term until December, 1893, when it was dropped from the judge’s calendar. In April, 1895, the plaintiff filed a motion to have the cause reinstated on the calendar for trial, and served a trial notice on the defendant. Objections *668were filed to the motion, and much testimony taken to show the purpose in maintaining this suit, and why it was not prosecuted. There was another…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Barber v. ScottSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
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