Miles v. Lefi
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Tama District Oourt. This is an action for the value of two horses of which the plaintiff alleges he was the owner, and that defendant converted the same to his own use. The answer was a general denial. A jury was waived, and a trial was had before the court, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
There is no dispute as to the facts of the case, which are as follows:
In May, 1876, one Schlichting, being then the owner of the property in controversy, executed to the defendant Lefi two chattel mortgages upon it, and other property, to secure a *169certain indebtedness. The mortgages were duly recorded. In December, 1877, the defendant commenced a foreclosure of the mortgages by notice and sale. Sehlichting enjoined the foreclosure, and transferred the same to the Circuit Court. One Reichman and John Sehlichting became sureties on the injunction bond, and took a mortgage from Sehlichting, the…
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