Van Horn v. Smith
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall Gircidt Gov/rt. In the first count of ber petition the plaintiff alleges that the defendants wrongfully seized and converted to their own use a stock of goods of which the plaintiff was the owner, whereby she was damaged in the sum of $10,000. In the second count of her petition the plaintiff alleges that the defendants took possession of certain premises of which she was the owner and occupied them for six months, and that the rental thereof was…
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Appeal from Marshall Gircidt Gov/rt. In the first count of ber petition the plaintiff alleges that the defendants wrongfully seized and converted to their own use a stock of goods of which the plaintiff was the owner, whereby she was damaged in the sum of $10,000. In the second count of her petition the plaintiff alleges that the defendants took possession of certain premises of which she was the owner and occupied them for six months, and that the rental thereof was reasonably worth $300. The cause was tried to a jury which returned answers to special interrogatories, and a general verdict…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
On the 21st day of April, 1876, W. R Yan Horn was in the drug business in the city of Yinton, Iowa. He owed debts, secured by mortgages upon all his real estate, which was encumbered to about the full extent of its value, amounting to about $11,700. The defendant, S. IT. Watson, was the holder of this debt to the extent of $2,640 and interest, for which he held a third mortgage upon the real estate referred to. W. R Yan Horn also owed unsecured debts amounting to about $7,000, of which $440 was owing to defendant Watson. On the 21st day of April, 1876, W. R Yan Horn, for the expressed…
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