Parks v. Norton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Franklin District Court. — Hon. J. H. Whitaker, Judge. Action begun in July, 1899, on three judgments entered by a justice of the peace of Franklin county in 1882. The defense was a general denial and plea of the statute of limitations. ' Judgment was entered as prayed, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1 The judgments appear to have been regularly entered, though one of them was not signed by the justice. No statute of this state so requires. Nor was this essential at the common law. What is referred to in the books as signing was merely the allowance or permission to a party by the officer rendering a decision to have judgment entered in his favor when entitled thereto. French v. Pease, 10 Kan. 51; Eastman v. Harteau, 12 Wis. 267. The judgment held valid in Church v. Crossman, 41 Iowa, 373, was not signed, though the point does not appear to have been made. In Gunn v. Tackelt, 67 Ga. 725,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Clapp v. . HawleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Gunn v. TackettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
- Weiser v. McDowellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
- French v. PeaseSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
- Cassady v. GrimmelmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Wooster v. BatemanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
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