Sturman v. Stone
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dallas Gircv/it Court. Action for money, hardware, etc., belonging to plaintiff and held by defendant in his possession and control, and by him wrongfully appropriated and converted to his own .use. The petition asked an attachment, and an order was indorsed thereon by the circuit judge, allowing property to the amount in value of $3,000 to be attached thereon.
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Appeal from Dallas Gircv/it Court. Action for money, hardware, etc., belonging to plaintiff and held by defendant in his possession and control, and by him wrongfully appropriated and converted to his own .use. The petition asked an attachment, and an order was indorsed thereon by the circuit judge, allowing property to the amount in value of $3,000 to be attached thereon. The defendant moved for a more specific statement of the cause of action in the petition, and also to dissolve the attachment. Both motions were overruled, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
*116i. pmíadikg: property1.1’ ° *115— I. The plaintiff; in his petition, averred in substance, briefly stated, that, from the 15th of August to *116December 1, 1869, at Sioux City, Iowa, defendant had in his possession, and under his control, $5,000 in money and $10,000 in hardware, tinware, stoves,' etc., of the money and property owned by petitioner, and received of and from divers other persons for the use and benefit of petitioner, which he promised to account for when requested; but that he wrongfully took and appropriated and converted to his own use an amount to the worth and value of $5,000, for…
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