Lex v. Selway Steel Corp.
| Decision Date | 15 December 1925 |
| Docket Number | No. 35739.,35739. |
| Citation | 203 Iowa 792,206 N.W. 586 |
| Court | Iowa Supreme Court |
| Parties | HENRY W. LEX AND EUGENE C. HARLAN, PLAINTIFFS, APPELLEES, v. SELWAY STEEL CORPORATION, A VIRGINIA CORPORATION, SELWAY STEEL POST CO., A COPARTNERSHIP, SELWAY STEEL POST & FENCE CO., AN IOWA CORPORATION, ROBERT R. SELWAY, HERMAN H. BUDKE, LESLIE H. KRANZ, FRANK B. MONTGOMERY, AND WHEELER B. HALLECK, DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES; THOS. TOBIN, RECEIVER, AND MARK L. JOHNSON, SUBSTITUTED RECEIVER, OF SELWAY STEEL POST & FENCE CO., APPELLEE AND CROSS–APPELLANT; FRED BROWN, C. F. BEEKMAN, ELIAS BARG, LOUIS BAUMHOVER, JOHN M. BELL, ALBERT COPP, C. E. CUMMINGS, AUGUST DAMMEROW, G. WM. DUNLOP, C. D. ENFIELD, W. A. EIKENBERRY, ADOLPH FRICKE, WILLIAM FRICKE, H. H. FRITZE, ELMER S. GRIMM, GEO. W. GRIMM, FRANK B. MONTGOMERY, JULIUS NELSON, G. S. TOLIVER, EXECUTOR OF MARY A. RICHARDSON ESTATE, JOHN SCHNEPEL, JOHN SCHLEISMAN, WILLIAM WITTROCK, AUGUST WITTROCK, JOHN R. WOLFE, GRIMES SAVINGS BANK, JOHN CASPER WEIL, PETER J. WEIL, ED. M. WORKMAN, NOEL D. SHINN, SAM JOHNSON, JACOB H. JANSSEN, PATRICK O. MCWILLIAMS, WALLACE A. ANDERSON, VAN S. ALLEN, WILLIAM G. ATZBAUGH, PETER W. BARTELS, FRED G. BRISBIN, JOHN J. BLUM, WILLIAM R. BUNKER, JAMES E. CAMPBELL, LLOYD J. FRIDLEY, MCILHINNEY INVESTMENT COMPANY, ROBERT C. FRIAR, THOMAS H. FRIAR, GORDON GIBBS, JOHN A. HAUGH, ABRAHAM J. HOBSON, ISAAC P. HORTON, STEVE B. HAMILTON, SAM JOHNSON, JOHN J. JACKLIN, GEORGE W. KROH, CASPER A. LANGENFELD, MATT LAPPE, JOHN F. MARTENS, JOHN H. JOHNSON, OSCAR Z. FOX, ED. M. WORKMAN AND NOEL D. SHINN, VERNE SMITH, AND FRANK KATZER, DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS; JOHN LINGENFELTER, JOHN MOHNSSEN, JAMES A. MILLER, PETER J. MOHNSSEN, FRANK O. MARTIN, GLENN J. MEIER, MEMMO MENNENGA, DR. ALBERT L. NYE, CARL NEILSEN, JAMES O'BRIEN, JAMES E. REID, WILLIAM ROBBINS, CHARLES E. SHAFER, JOHN H. SCHMITZ, WILLIAM G. SCHELLDORF, CHARLES C. SCANTLEBURY, ANDREW SCHMIDT, JESSE L. TAYLOR, BURT J. TILLMAN, EVERETT O. WALLACE, GARRETT W. WIGGERS, SAMUEL ZEIGENHORN, FREDERICK W. MARTENS, J. J. O'LAUGHLIN, P. N. PAYNE, J. W. PORTER, JOHN A. POS, L. C. PRICE, W. A. RAID, MRS. E. W. AND MADGE FRANCES SMITH, HENRY M. WHITE, MRS. NORA E. STORJOHANN, PETER J. WEIL, JOHN C. WEIL, PHILLIP BRODY, MELVINA MOGUL, GEORGE FROST ESTATE, WILLIA GUTTENFELDER, HENRY HANSEN, ADOLPH VOGEL, LEROY G. HILL, WILLIAM YOUNG, M. BOYLE, C. E. CARTER, A. M. CLETES, LLOYD C. CLETES, W. L. DAEGES, GEORGE N. FELGAR, V. W. FISK, W. W. FRAKES, J. K. GREEN, ED. HENDRIX, H. J. HOOGENAKER, JOHN JUSTICE, G. W. KRAMER, R. L. KELSEY, L. MALMANGER, A. T. MAYSTADT, A. C. MEYER, MAHLON H. JOHNSON, D. D. SAMSON, H. H. SCHNECKLOT, N. E. SCHROEDER, E. H. SMITH, E. SMITH, GEORGE E. SMITH, H. B. SPELLMAN, A. H. STOLL, RALPH THORPE, BURTON TISDALE, CHARLES L. WAGNER, M. E. WHITE, H. E. SCHULTZ, O. G. GULLIXSON, GEO. W. RAISTY, S. T. HILLS, C. J. BERRY, ROY ELLIOTT, A. D. ELLIS, JOHN F. GUTZ, ADM'R ESTATE OTTO HAGE, O. W. KINLEY, C. B. LIVINGSTONE, JR., P. J. MCHALE, JOHN M. MEISSNER, JOSEPH REIGER, DICK TAYLOR, G. S. TIMPE, A. L. TUCKER, H. C. VENTICHER, J. F. WALL, F. L. RAISTY, GEORGE H. MILLER, W. A. NALAN, F. OELBERG, R. U. HARKEN, C. E. CARLSON, OTTO RATH, H. A. CRANE, A. L. DICE, PAUL SCHOENING, WALTER ZEIGENHORNN, V. G. WARNER, MARY COHEN, MARY BOONE, J. J. BORK, E. A. HILL, AND H. W. PORTER, DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES; GENERAL FIREPROOFING COMPANY, APPELLEE AND CROSS–APPELLANT; REPUBLIC IRON & STEEL COMPANY, APPELLEE AND CROSS–APPELLANT; HEIKO J. MULLER, M. W. RICHEY, GLEN WAID, FARMERS' LUMBER CO., JOHN DAHM, H. J. FRERICHS, LOWIS & FARNSLEY, IOWA LOAN & TRUST CO., STATE OF IOWA, D. E. AUKES, RATH STATE EXCHANGE BANK, FARMERS' & MERCHANTS' SAVINGS BANK, G. ROMANELLI, JERRY RYAN, G. A. GUTTAU, WM. NEHLS, E. MILLSPAUGH, STATE OF VIRGINIA, WM. THOMPSON, ADM'R ESTATE OF GEO. W. ALLAN, R. C. BODE, NORWALK STATE BANK, D. H. MARTENS, JOE HIRSCHAUER, AND WALTER G. AUSTIN, INTERVENERS AND CLAIMANTS, APPELLEES. |
OPINION TEXT STARTS HERE
Appeal from District Court, Polk County; James C. Hume, Judge.
The opinion states the facts. Affirmed in part; reversed in part.
See, also, 198 Iowa, 950, 200 N. W. 621.
Howard L. Bump, of Des Moines, for plaintiffs.
Howard L. Bump and James M. Parsons, both of Des Moines, for receiver.
Brockett, Strauss & Blake, of Des Moines, for Selway Steel Corporation, Selway Steel Post & Fence Co., Selway Steel Post Co., and Robert R. Selway.
Guy A. Miller, of Des Moines, for Herman H. Budke.
Parrish, Cohen, Guthrie & Watters, of Des Moines, for interveners General Fireproofing Co. and Republic Iron & Steel Co.
Lehmann, Seevers & Hurlburt, of Des Moines, for intervener M. W. Richey.
Charles Hutchinson and Clark & Byers, all of Des Moines, for Van S. Allen, John Mohnssen, Peter J. Mohnssen, Samuel Zeigenhorn, Joseph O'Brien, Garrett W. Wiggers, John H. Schmitz, John J. Blum, and William Thompson, administrator.
Stewart & Hextell, of Des Moines, for Robert C. Friar and Thomas H. Friar.
Lappen & Carlson and Wilson & Shaw, all of Des Moines, for Melvina Mogul and Phillip Brody.
Lappen & Carlson, of Des Moines, and Walter & Loepp, of Sioux City, for Heiko J. Muller.
Lappen & Carlson, of Des Moines, for H. B. Spellman.
F. J. McGreevy, of Ackley, for D. E. Aukes, R. C. Bode, H. J. Frerichs, Rath State Exchange Bank, and Farmers' & Merchants' Sav. Bank.
Tesdell & Mackaman, of Des Moines, and Kimball, Peterson & Smith, of Council Bluffs, for A. F. Dammerow and John Schnepel.
Charles W. Lyon, of Des Moines, and J. C. McCoid, of Mt. Pleasant, for F. B. Montgomery and S. T. Hills.
John McLennan, of Des Moines, and Molsberry & Reaney, of Columbus Junction, for C. E. Cummings.
John McLennan, of Des Moines, and Robertson & Robertson, of Council Bluffs, for Fred Brown.
Salinger, Reynolds, Meyers & Cooney, of Carroll, for Louis Baumhover, J. M. Bell, G. William Dunlop, C. D. Enfield, Adolph Fricke, William Fricke, Jacob H. Janssen, Matt Lappe, C. A. Langenfeld, John Schleisman, John R. Wolfe, William Wittrock, August Wittrock, G. S. Toliver, executor, Albert Copp, and Elias Barg.
E. A. Wissler, of Carroll, for Albert Copp.
W. C. Saul and W. I. Saul, both of Carroll, for Peter W. Bartels.
Frank J. Comfort, of Des Moines, for Henry W. Hansen and William Guttenfelder.
Ray Fountain, of Des Moines, and Swan, Clovis & Swan, of Atlantic, for J. A. Nelson and C. F. Beekman.
Dale & Harvison, of Des Moines, for J. A. Haugh.
Clem Wade, of Des Moines, H. J. Fitzgerald, of Charles City, and W. H. Salisbury, of Osage, for F. O. Martin.
Clem Wade, of Des Moines, for W. G. Shelldorff.
O'Connor & Rader, of Iowa City, for Adolph Vogel and Oscar Z. Fox.
Miller, Kelly, Shuttleworth & Seeburger, of Des Moines, and Mallory & Leming, of Hampton, for C. E. Shafer, M. Mennenga, C. C. Scantlebury, J. A. Miller, A. J. Hobson, W. R. Bunker, and W. G. Atzbaugh.
Miller, Kelly, Shuttleworth & Seeburger, of Des Moines, and Miller & Everett, of Albia, for Sam Johnson.
Miller, Kelly, Shuttleworth & Seeburger, of Des Moines, for Ed. M. Workman and N. D. Shinn.
Miller, Kelly, Shuttleworth & Seeburger, of Des Moines, and E. R. O'Brien, of Oelwein, for L. J. Fridley.
Miller, Kelly, Shuttleworth & Seeburger, of Des Moines, and E. W. Weeks, of Guthrie Center, for I. P. Horton.
F. J. McGreevy, of Ackley, and Stipp, Perry, Bannister & Starzinger, of Des Moines, for Walter G. Austin.
Stipp, Perry, Bannister & Starzinger, of Des Moines, and J. W. Kridelbaugh, of Chariton, for Dr. A. L. Nye and W. A. Eikenberry.
Geo. Wambach and H. P. Daly, both of Des Moines, for G. Romanelli.
Carr, Cox, Evans & Riley, of Des Moines, and McGrath & Archerd, of Eagle Grove, for Elias Barg, F. G. Brisbin, H. H. Fritze, Gordon Gibbs, L. G. Hill, S. S. Hamilton, G. J. Meier, Carl Neilsen, B. J. Tillman, and William Young.
George Hise, of Des Moines, for Frank Katzer and Patrick O. McWilliams.
George Hise, of Des Moines, and Burnstedt & Hemingway, of Webster City, for W. A. Anderson and John Johnson.
Wilson & Shaw, of Des Moines, and E. N. Farber, of Marshalltown, for Nora E. Storjahann and Henry M. White.
Wilson & Shaw, of Des Moines, and W. J. Keefe, of Clinton, for George W. Kroh.
Wilson & Shaw, of Des Moines, and Poston & Murrow, of Corydon, for J. K. Green.
Wilson & Shaw, of Des Moines, for C. E. Carlson, F. W. Martens, J. F. Martens, and J. E. Reid.
Ladd, Warren & Ladd, of Des Moines, and Church & McCully, of Jefferson, for Andrew Schmidt and G. S. Toliver, executor.
Thomas J. Bray, of Oskaloosa, and James G. Shifflett, of Grinnell, for Wm. Robbins.
John J. Myerly and James E. Goodwin, both of Des Moines, for Grimes Sav. Bank.
Clyde C. Coyle, of Humboldt, for Geo. W. Lowis and P. G. Farnsley.
John D. Denison, of Des Moines, for J. E. Campbell and J. L. Taylor.
John L. Gillespie, of Des Moines, for P. J. Weil and J. C. Weil.
Weir Casady and Wilson & Shaw, all of Des Moines, for Norwalk State Bank.
R. N. Johnson, of Ft. Madison, and Miller, Kelly, Shuttleworth & Seeburger, of Des Moines, for John Lingenfelter.
Harold S. Thomas, of Des Moines, for estate of George Frost.
Edwin D. Samson, of Des Moines, and A. V. Proudfoot, of Indianola, for Verne Smith, Mrs. E. W. and Madge Frances Smith.
Weir Casady, of Des Moines, for D. H. Martens.
Ben J. Gibson, Atty. Gen., and William R. C. Kendrick, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
C. L. Nourse, of Des Moines, for Iowa Loan & Trust Co.
Ira W. Jones, of Clear Lake, for George W. Grimm and Elmer S. Grimm.
Judson Piper, of Des Moines, for George N. Felgar.
Carr, Cox, Evans & Riley, of Des Moines, for John Justice.
W. A. Cook, of Waterloo, for A. C. Meyer.
Clock & Saley, of Hampton, for W. A. Nalan.
Lehmann, Seevers & Hurlburt, of Des Moines, for J. J. O'Laughlin.
J. W. Kridelbaugh, of Chariton, for John A. Pos.
Thornell & Thornell, of Sidney, for E. Smith.
H. S. Martin, of Le Mars, for A. H. Stoll.
W. C. Shepard, of Allison, for Geo. W. Raisty.
J. E. Jordan, of Waterloo, for McIlhinney Inv. Co.
John B. Sullivan, of Des Moines, for John J. Jacklin.
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