Bradley v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Plymouth Circuit Court. The defendants are husband and wife. The plaintiff seeks by this action to charge the property of the wife with the purchase price of certain lumber used in the construction of a dwelling-house for the defendants, upon the ground that the lumber was a necessary family expense.
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Appeal from Plymouth Circuit Court. The defendants are husband and wife. The plaintiff seeks by this action to charge the property of the wife with the purchase price of certain lumber used in the construction of a dwelling-house for the defendants, upon the ground that the lumber was a necessary family expense. He also seeks to subject certain real estate, the legal title to which is in the wife, to the payment of a judgment obtained against tlie husband for the said lumber, upon the ground that the title to the land is held by the wife in fraud of the husband’s creditors. The defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtBothrock, J.
The demurrers are based upon several distinct grounds, which are separately stated and numbered. The assignment of errors is in these words: “The appellant assigns as error the ruling of the court sustaining the several demurrers of the defendants, James H. Johnson and Philinda F. Johnson.” Counsel for appellees insist that this assignment of error is not sufficiently specifíc. Section 3207 of the Code provides that “among several points in a demurrer, or in a motion, or instructions, or rulings in an exception, an *615assignment of error must designate which is relied on as an error; and the…
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