Gregory v. Dr. J. W. S. Howell & Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Louisa District Court. — Hon. W. S. With-row, Judge. Action to recover the possession of a .promissory note purporting to have been signed by plaintiff. The action was also aided by an injunction restraining the defendant the Bankers’ Investment Company from prosécuting an action on said note before a justice of the peace of Polk county, Iowa. The trial court found for the plaintiff, and defendants Howell & Go. and the Bankers’ Investment Company appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Plaintiff, Gregory, made and executed a note for the sum of $100 to.Howell & Go., on or about February 27, 1900, due six months after date. Howell & Go. sold the note, before maturity, to the Bankers’ Investment Company. The note purports to be payable at Dés Moines, Iowa. After the maturity of the note it was placed in the bands of attorneys for collection, and these attorneys gave Gregory notice that they held the note, and should expect *28payment thereof. At Gregory’s request a firm of attorneys living at his home county, Louisa, wrote the attorneys for the investment company, asking that…
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