Iseminger v. Criswell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Crawford District Court. — How. C. D. Goldsmith, Judge. Creditors’ bill, to subject certain real estate, the legal title to which is in Eldora T. Criswell, to the payment of a judgment held by plaintiff, against A. S. Criswell. Trial to the court. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The land, which is the 'Subject of this suit, consists of one hundred and twenty acres; lying in Crawford county. It was purchased of one Montague, by the defendant, A. S. Criswell, March 17, 1887. A. S. Criswell, at the time he purchased the land, was a farmer, but he shortly afterward concluded to embark in the mercantile business. At this he was a failure, and, becoming heavily involved, he transferred his stock of goods to a clerk, who had been in his employ, assigned his books of account and other choses in action, and on the ninth day of October, 1893, conveyed the Montague land to his…
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