Doughty v. Meek
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Van Burén District Court. — Hon. T. M. Fee, Judge. Suit in -equity to- enjoin the sale of real estate under a general execution. Plaintiff claim’s that there was ho valid judgment upon which an execution could issue, and that whatever claim defendants may have had has been paid. The trial court dismissed the petition, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Deemer C. J.
*181 *17— On the twentieth day of December, 1876, appellant made and executed a confession of judgment in favor of appellee Meek upon a note for the sum of two hundred dollars, executed in January, 1876. This confession was filed with the clerk of the district court in and for Van Burén county on or about January 1, 1877, but no entry of judgment was made upon the court records until the trial of this case, at which time the court ordered an entry of judgment as of the first regular term in the year 1877. On the twenty-first day of July, 1896, an execution issued from the office of the…
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