Patterson v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. Action of replevin for certain grain. The canse was tried without a jury and, upon facts found by the court, judgment was rendered for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. The facts of the case fully appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, J.
I. The defendant, who is a constable, seized the grain in controversy upon two executions in his hands issued upon judgments recovered against R. 0. Patterson. The plaintiff claims the ownership of the property. The defendant alleges that the grain is the property of R. 0. Patterson, and that plaintiff’s claim thereto is fraudulent as to the creditors of R. 0. Patterson, being based upon transactions and contracts intended to delay'and defeat the collection of his debts, and especially his judgments upon which the executions in defendant’s hands were issued.
The court found that the grain in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carn v. RoyerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1881