P. Cox Shoe Co. v. Adams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moines District Court. — PIon. James D. Smyth, Judge. In 1889, A. A. Adams, with a capital of seven thousand dollars in money and merchandise, which F. O. Adams had paid him for his interest in the estate of A. G. Adams, deceased, begun business at Burlington as a retail dealer in boots and shoes, and continued therein until November 20, 1894. On that day he executed a chattel mortgage covering his entire stock of goods to the National State Bank, securing…
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Appeal from Des Moines District Court. — PIon. James D. Smyth, Judge. In 1889, A. A. Adams, with a capital of seven thousand dollars in money and merchandise, which F. O. Adams had paid him for his interest in the estate of A. G. Adams, deceased, begun business at Burlington as a retail dealer in boots and shoes, and continued therein until November 20, 1894. On that day he executed a chattel mortgage covering his entire stock of goods to the National State Bank, securing the payment of an indebtedness of three thousand, seven hundred and fifty dollars, and another to F. O. Adams, trustee,…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
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*4093 *408— The plaintiff and the cross-petitioner?, whom we shall term vendors, base their claim to the 'goods in Controversy on purchases alleged to have been fraudulently made by A. A. Adams. The mortgages under which F. O. Adams was in possession were executed after, but apparently to secure debts antedating such purchases. If so, then the mortgagees, or F. O. Adams, as their agent, could set up no defense not available to the mortgagor. Reed v. Brown, 89 Iowa, 454; Starr v. Stevenson 91 Iowa, 684. The actions, under such circumstances were maintainable at law. Some six months after these were…
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