Matteson v. Dent
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Winneshiek District Court. — Hons. L. E. Eel-lows and A. N. Hobson, Judges. Plaintiff is administrator in this state of the estate of one L. W. Matteson, deceased, late of St. Paul, Minn., and defendant is receiver of the First National Dank of Decorah.
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Appeal from Winneshiek District Court. — Hons. L. E. Eel-lows and A. N. Hobson, Judges. Plaintiff is administrator in this state of the estate of one L. W. Matteson, deceased, late of St. Paul, Minn., and defendant is receiver of the First National Dank of Decorah. This action was in replevin to recover possession of 16 bonds of the Iowa & Minnesota Investment Company, each of said bonds being of the face value of $500. There was a denial of plaintiff’s right to recover as to 12 of the bonds, and an equitable defense interposed against his claim to the remaining 4. The law and equity branches…
1Opinion of the CourtWaterman, J.
S. W. Matteson, James H. Easton, who was president of the First National Bank of Decorah up to the time of its going into the receiver’s hands, and certain associates, jointly purchased a tract of land near the city of Duluth, Minn., known as -“Longview Addition” to that city. For a part of the purchase price said Matteson made his note to Easton for the aggregate amount of $37,600. Later the persons so interested in this real estate, incorporated as the Iowa & Minnesota Investment Company, and the real estate was conveyed to such company, which paid therefor by issuing $60,000 of its bonds,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Roberts v. RumleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
- Weare v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- Wormer & Son v. Waterloo Agricultural WorksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
- Rand v. BarrettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
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- Bank of Ackley v. PorterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902