Legal Opinion
Caughran v. Gilman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 12, 1887PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from Hardin Girouit Gourt. Aotion upon a judgment of the district court of the territory of Dakota in and for the county of Yankton. There was a trial to the court without a jury, and a judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for some six dollars, being the amount of the costs adjudged against the defendant by the Dakota court. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
The judgment upon which the suit was brought was for the sum of $1,250. The plaintiffs attached to their petition an exemplification of the record of the judgment in the district court in Dakota, which is as follows:
“ The summons and complaint in this action having been duly served on the defendant, Lucy P. Gilman, and she having appeared and put in an answer to said complaint, and this cause having been duly called for trial in ’open court, and the said defendant appearing in person and by her attorneys, and demanded a trial herein, whereupon the said plaintiff asked the court to dismiss his…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Coughran v. GilmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890