Cook v. Cole
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk Cwouit Court. Action upon accounts for gas and cote furnished to defendant by tbe Des Moines Gas Company, and by plaintiff as receiver of tliat company. The defendant pleads a counter-claim for services rendered by him as an attorney at law- A judgment was rendered for plaintiff; only a part of de fondant’s counter-claim was allowed. Both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
— I. The petition alleges that plaintiff was, on the 4th day of March, 1876, appointed receiver of the proj>erty of the Des Moines Gas Company in an action brought by the Charter Oak Ins. Co. to foreclose a deed of trust executed by the gas company upon its property; that defendant is indebted to the gas company in the sum of $161.80 for gas and coke furnished between October 31st, 1875, and July 31st, 1876; that after the appointment of the receiver he took charge of and operated the gas works, and thereafter furnished defendant with gas and coke to the amount of $192.62.
The defendant in his…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fosdick v. SchallSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Des Moines Gas Co. v. WestSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
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