City National Bank v. Independent School District
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Cerro Gordo District Court. — J. J. Clark, Judge. Suit in equity to recover upon an order from the defendant the Independent School District, as drawee, and from H. F. .Jones, as drawer of the same, a balance on hand of moneys otherwise due defendant Jones. Jones was a contractor, who had constructed a public building for the Independent School District.
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Appeal from, Cerro Gordo District Court. — J. J. Clark, Judge. Suit in equity to recover upon an order from the defendant the Independent School District, as drawee, and from H. F. .Jones, as drawer of the same, a balance on hand of moneys otherwise due defendant Jones. Jones was a contractor, who had constructed a public building for the Independent School District. There was a general denial by defendant, and a general plea that the funds in its hands were properly payable to-other parties, who were subcontractors under Jones. Six of these subcontractors intervened in the action; likewise,…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
i. municipal cobfi^fmprovement1" subcontract tora- — I. Jones as ‘ ‘ contractor, ’ ’ and the Independent School District as “owner,” entered into a contract, whereby Jones undertook to erect a school building for the district. In the progress of the work, Jones borrowed money, from time to time, from the plaintiff bank. The plaintiff reimbursed itself by drawing from the district the moneys due Jones on the estimates of the architect, pursuant to a written order signed by Jones, which will be hereinafter set forth. The money borrowed by Jones from the plaintiff was used in the main in the…
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