1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 194 F.Supp.
  5. 194 F.Supp. 733 (1961)
 

COMMUNITY SCH. DIST. OF ELDORA v. EMPLOYERS MUT. CAS. CO.

Civ. No. 670.

194 F.Supp. 733 (1961)

COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ELDORA, in the COUNTIES OF HARDIN AND GRUNDY, State of Iowa, Plaintiff, v. EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF DES MOINES, Des Moines, Iowa, Johnson Service Company, Des Moines, Iowa, Titus Manufacturing Corporation, Waterloo, Iowa, A. Y. McDonald Mfg. Co., Waterloo, Iowa, Eldora Heating & Supply Co., Eldora, Iowa, The Trane Company, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Samuel T. Beatty, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Sid Smith & Co., Bankrupt et al., Defendants, United States of America, Intervenor.

United States District Court N. D. Iowa, Cedar Rapids Division.

June 2, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Butler (of Lundy, Butler, Lundy & Wilson), Eldora, Iowa, for plaintiff.

D. J. Fairgrave (of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave), Des Moines, Iowa, for defendant, Employers Mut. Cas. Co. of Des Moines.

Frederick G. White, Waterloo, Iowa, for defendant, Johnson Service Co.

Harry M. Reed (of Reed & Holmes), Waterloo, Iowa, for defendant, Titus Mfg. Corp.

Leonard D. Lybbert (of Kildee, Keith, Gallagher & Lybbert), Waterloo, Iowa, for defendant, A. Y. McDonald Mfg. Co.

Carl B. Zimmerman (of Zimmerman & Zimmerman), Waterloo, Iowa, for defendant, Eldora Heating & Supply Co.

Sydney A. Thomas (of Mosier, Mosier, Thomas & Beatty), Waterloo, Iowa, for defendant, the Trane Co.

Upton B. Kepford (of Kennedy, Kepford, Kelsen & Balch), Waterloo, Iowa, for defendant, Samuel T. Beatty, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Sid Smith & Co., Bankrupt.

F. E. Van Alstine, U. S. Dist. Atty., and William R. Crary, Asst. U. S. Dist. Atty., Sioux City, Iowa, for intervenor, United States.

GRAVEN, District Judge.

This is a case involving priority among unpaid materialmen of a contractor, a Federal tax lien, and the claim of the owner of the improved property for attorney fees. The trial was to the Court.

On March 3, 1958, the Community School District of Eldora, an Iowa public school corporation, entered into a contract with Sid Smith & Co., an Iowa corporation. The first corporation will be hereinafter referred to as the Owner and the latter...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases