Legal Opinion

Clement v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 24, 1892PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Appanoose District Court. — Hon. E. L. Bukton, Judge. Action aided by attachment to recover the amount due on certain promissory notes, and for merchandise sold and delivered. William Evans appeared as garnishee and also as intervenor. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment in favor of Evans. The plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.

This action was commenced on the fourteenth day of December, 1889, to recover sixty-two hundred and eighty-three dollars, with interest and costs. On the twentieth day of November, 1889, the defendants, Johnson & Maring, merchants, of Center-ville, were insolvent, owing to the plaintiff, the Center-ville National Bank and others large sums of money. The bank insisted upon payment, and, after attempting to make other arrangements, on the twenty-eighth day of the month named the defendants executed and delivered to the bank a chattel mortgage on their stock of merchandise to secure the sum of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Lampson v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
  2. Van Patten v. BurrSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
  3. Perry v. VezinaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
  4. Gage & Co. v. ParrySupreme Court of Iowa · 1886
  5. Aulman v. AulmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Sandwich Manufacturing Co. v. MaxSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Falker v. LinehanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
  3. Roberts, Butler & Co. v. PressSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
  4. LeMoyne v. BradenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
  5. Rothschild v. HasbrouckU.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa · 1896

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