Bolter v. Girton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appealfrom Harrison District Court. — Tl This is a proceeding by which the plaintiff seeks by garnishment to subject a! certain promissory note in the possession of Stem & Milliman to the payment of a judgment against the defendant, O. W. Girton. M. E. Girton intervened in the action, claiming to be the owner of the note. There was a trial before the court without a jury, and a judgment for the plaintiff. M. E. Girton appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
C. W. Girton and M. E. Girton are husband andi wife. The plaintiff recovered a judgment against C. W. Girton, the husband, in the year 1881. The judgment was for the sum of seventy dollars and costs. M. E. Girton, the wife of the judgment defendant, is the owner of a farm of three hundred acres. In December, 1892, there was a public sale of personal property on the *722farm. The sale was conducted by Stem & Milliman. One of the firm was crier at the sale, and the other clerked and took the sale notes. The note in question was made payable to C. W. Girton and •M. E. Girton. C. W. Girton transacted…
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