Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, Volume 139State of Iowa, 1909 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... conclusion , but the conclusion is one of those so inseparably associated with fact that the witness is competent to testify thereto . The same question of law was before this court in Ferguson v . Davis County , 57 Iowa , 604 , where ...
... conclusion , but the conclusion is one of those so inseparably associated with fact that the witness is competent to testify thereto . The same question of law was before this court in Ferguson v . Davis County , 57 Iowa , 604 , where ...
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... conclusion that the motion to direct a verdict was properly overruled . 4. ACCIDENTAL DEATH : policy exceptions from liability : instructions . II . Without serious controversy , the evidence made it appear that John D. Correll came to ...
... conclusion that the motion to direct a verdict was properly overruled . 4. ACCIDENTAL DEATH : policy exceptions from liability : instructions . II . Without serious controversy , the evidence made it appear that John D. Correll came to ...
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... conclusion of error above noted . A new trial must be ordered , and the judgment appealed from is therefore reversed . JOHN NOLAN , as Administrator of Estate of JAMES NOLAN , Deceased , Appellant , v . G. W. REED , JOHN JONES and ...
... conclusion of error above noted . A new trial must be ordered , and the judgment appealed from is therefore reversed . JOHN NOLAN , as Administrator of Estate of JAMES NOLAN , Deceased , Appellant , v . G. W. REED , JOHN JONES and ...
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... conclusion , and now insisted upon for appellee as supporting such conclusion , are not in point . In Hallam v . Indianola Hotel Co. , 56 Iowa , 178 , it was held that a director owed to the corporation the duty of dealing in good faith ...
... conclusion , and now insisted upon for appellee as supporting such conclusion , are not in point . In Hallam v . Indianola Hotel Co. , 56 Iowa , 178 , it was held that a director owed to the corporation the duty of dealing in good faith ...
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... conclusion that it should be overruled . We need not enter upon a detailed discussion of such grounds . First in order of presentation is the claim of the Peo- ple's Savings Bank of Sioux City . This claim is based upon two instruments ...
... conclusion that it should be overruled . We need not enter upon a detailed discussion of such grounds . First in order of presentation is the claim of the Peo- ple's Savings Bank of Sioux City . This claim is based upon two instruments ...
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accident action adverse possession affirmed agreement alleged alley amount appellant appellee application assault assessment authority cause certificate charged claim claimant Code conclusion condition contract contributory negligence counsel damages death deceased decree deed defendant defendant's demurrer dence deposit deposit account District Court ditch entitled error estoppel fact fendant filed further held holder husband indorsed injury instruction intent Iowa issue John Helming Judge judgment jury land liability matter ment motion Negotiable Instruments notes notice OCTOBER 23 owner parties payment person petition plaintiff pleaded premises proceedings proof purchase purpose question quiet title Railway reason record recover recovery reference refusal REHEARING DENIED reversed rule SEPTEMBER 29 Sheldon bank Sioux City statute street sufficient Susan Sullivan sustained testator testified testimony therein thereof thereto tiff tion trial court TUESDAY verdict wife witness
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Page 145 - In order, however, that any such instrument when completed may be enforced against any person who became a party thereto prior to its completion, it must be filled up strictly in accordance with the authority given and within a reasonable time. But if any such instrument, after completion, is negotiated to a holder in due course, it is valid and effectual for all purposes in his hands, and he may enforce it as if it had been filled up strictly in accordance with the authority given and within a reasonable...
Page 578 - Every holder is deemed prima facie to be a holder in due course ; but when it is shown that the title of any person who has negotiated the instrument was defective, the burden ia on the holder to prove that he or some person under whom he claims, acquired the title as a holder in due course.
Page 310 - Where a party gives a reason for his conduct and decision touching anything involved in a controversy, he cannot, after litigation has begun, change his ground, and put his conduct upon another and a different consideration. He is not permitted thus to mend his hold. He Is estopped from doing it by a settled principle of law.
Page 475 - All insurance companies or associations shall upon the issue, or renewal, of any policy attach to such policy, or indorse thereon, a true copy of any application or representation of the assured, which, by the terms of such policy, are made a part thereof, or of the contract of insurance, or referred to therein, or which may in any manner affect the validity of such policy.
Page 145 - Where the instrument is wanting in any material particular, the person in possession thereof has a prima facie authority to complete it by filling up the blanks therein. And a signature on a blank paper delivered by the person making the signature in order that the paper may be converted into a negotiable instrument operates as a prima facie authority to fill it up as such for any amount.
Page 573 - by reason of the course of trade which creates a property in the assignee or bearer," and this reason is repeated by Lord) Mansfield in Miller v.
Page 178 - In the hands of any holder other than a holder in due course, a negotiable instrument is subject to the same defenses as if it were non-negotiable. But a holder who derives his title through a holder in due course, and who is not himself a party to any fraud or illegality affecting the instrument, has all the rights of such former holder in respect of all parties prior to the latter.
Page 135 - ... no person shall be permitted to question the title acquired by a treasurer's deed without first showing that he, or the person under whom he claims title, had title to the property at the time of the sale, or that the title was obtained from the United States or this state after the sale...
Page 70 - ... rate of such increase and the purpose for which it is intended shall have been submitted to a vote of the people, and a majority of the qualified voters of such county, city, or school district...
Page 148 - ... note has himself, by careless execution of the instrument, left room for any alteration to be made, either by insertion or erasure, without defacing it or exciting the suspicions of a careful man, he will be liable upon it to...