Eddy v. Short
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Allamakee District Court. — W. J. Springer, Judge. Suit in equity to foreclose a mortgage. The defendant set up a plea of payment of $2,000, being the agreed value of certain property conveyed to the plaintiff’s grantor. The plaintiff admitted that a credit was due for such property to the amount of $1,200, and no more. The trial court allowed the credit at $1,200, and entered decree for the balance. The defendant has appealed. —
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
1- ofproof fe «en — I. Two quite distinct cases are presented to us under the above title, the second ease being made by an intervention. The case on the intervention will be considered in a separate division, and no account will be taken of it at this point. Elizabeth and William Short are wife and husband, and are the makers of the note upon which suit is brought. The plaintiff holds the note as legatee under the will of Hannah Adams. For many years, Hannah Adams had a resident agent, Hendrick, in Allamakee County, who handled certain funds in her behalf and made loans therefrom and…
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