Legal Opinion
Oswego Starch Factory v. Lendrum
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 20, 1881PublishedCited by 27 opinions
Appeal from Polk Circuit Court. Action of replevin. There was a decision for defendant upon a demurrer to the petition.' Plaintiff appeals. •
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The petition alleges that plaintiff shipped to Thompson & Reeves, pursuant to their orders, certain (goods. The other material averments we present in the language of the pleader, as follows:
“ That at the time said goods were so ordered, shipped and received, said Thompson & Reeves, as a firm, and as individuals, were, and had for a long time been, insolvent to their own *574knowledge; that they ordered and received the same, well knowing such insolvency and their inability to pay therefor; that they ordered and received the same with the intent not to pay therefor, and to cheat and defraud…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Smith & Co. v. McLeanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
- Root v. FrenchNew York Supreme Court · 1835
- Donaldson v. FarwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Hall v. . NaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Kline v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
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3Cited by27 opinions
- East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Co. v. HayesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
- M. W. O'rieley, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Woerderhoff Shoe Co., Inc. v. Endicott-Johnson CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- P. Cox Shoe Co. v. AdamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
- Popejoy v. EastburnSupreme Court of Iowa · 1950
- Brewster v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
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