LAUGHLIN v. FRANC

No. 48863.

73 N.W.2d 750 (1955)

Marie LAUGHLIN, Appellee, v. Irene FRANC, Appellant, Ernest McDermott, Clerk of Monroe Township, Fremont County, Iowa, William Rogers, Frank Bradley, and W. L. Lorimor, Township Trustees of Monroe Township, Fremont County, Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 13, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul V. Nichols, Shenandoah, for appellant.

Keenan & Clovis, Shenandoah, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

This appeal, while involving little from a monetary standpoint, is replete with confusion and legal problems. At the outset we are met with a peculiarity in the caption of the case as it comes to us, and as we must presume it was carried below. While Marie Laughlin is named as plaintiff and Irene Franc as defendant, and the township officers merely as "appellees", in fact as the matter was tried below Irene Franc was the plaintiff and Marie Laughlin...

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