Allison v. Graham
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. The plaintiff commenced an action against the defendant Graham, and caused an attachment to issue, which was levied on certain property belonging to Graham. J. S. McCaughan intervened in the action, and claimed that he was the owner of, or entitled to, the attached property. The court held that the facts stated in the petition of intervention did not entitle the intervenor to the relief asked, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
The intervenor is administrator of the estate of ¥m. M. Graham, who died prior to February, 1882. The said Graham, at his death, was the owner of certain real estate. The defendant is one of his heirs at law, and is the owner of an undivided interest in the real estate. On the fourteenth day of March, 1883, the plaintiff caused such interest to be-attached. The petition of intervention states that the defendant Graham was justly indebted to the estate, and that in March, 1882, the intervenor, as administrator of said estate, entered into a parol agreement with the defendant, whereby it was…
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