Read v. Rousch
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page District Cowt. — E. B. Woodruff, Judge. Action a.t law to recover judgment upon certain promissory notes, payment of which, it is alleged, was, for a valuable consideration, assumed by the defendant.
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Appeal from Page District Cowt. — E. B. Woodruff, Judge. Action a.t law to recover judgment upon certain promissory notes, payment of which, it is alleged, was, for a valuable consideration, assumed by the defendant. Notice was served' upon the defendant in Page County, Iowa, on September 8, 1919, to the effect that a petition demanding such recovery Would be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of said county on or before October 1, 1919. The petition was not,, in fact, filed until October 2, 1919. On October 21, 1919, the defendant, by counsel, filed a paper entitled…
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, C. J.
1. appearance : converting special into pearance. The question to be decided is very much simplified by the appellant’s admission of the fact that defendant was a nonresident of Iowa, at the time original notice was served upon him, and was then within the state of Iowa, in attendance up- ' • on court under subpoena to testify as a witness in another cause, and by the further concession that the petition in the present case was not filed within the time stated in the notice. Stated in the language of counsel for the appellant, the sole question now before the court is this: “Is the pleading…
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