Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-25
One Of the Victims of Cashier
Standings Forgeries Wins
Suit in Court
CASE DECIDED
Wealthy Eastern Man Who Backed
DefauIter Resains Title to Farm
Which Had Passed Thru Ownership
of Several Innocent Purchasers =
Deeds Forged Several Years Ago.
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Algona Nov 25.--1n the case OF
John L. Haswell VS.. J. S. Standring ct
al, Judge A. d. Bailie of the district
court has filed a sweeping decision in
favor of the plaintiff This cause grew
out of one of the numerous forgeries
of Standring, the defaulting cashier OF
the defunct Bank of Corwith, and was
the subject Of hard fought contest
last week in the district court of this
country.
This case Is an echo of the Corwith
bank failure, and is brought by a res
ident of New York who appears to
have been one of Standings chief vic
tins. Plaintiff claimed that he is the
real owner of the northeast quarter OF
section 13 in Prairie township and has
been such owner for many years. When
he purchased the land he retained
Cashier sstandring to look after 1T. rent
it, pay taxes, etc, and remit the bal
ance. This arrangement continued I'M
It'll 1903, when Standring wrote that
he had a purchaser for the land, part
of the. price to be paid in cash and the
rest secured. The terms were satisfac-
tory and Haswell and his wife returned
deed to be delivered to the supposed
purchaser when the cash payment had
been made and the security given. In
pursuance of this arrangement Stand
ring forwarded to Haswell the cash
payment agreed upon, and note ana
mortgage purporting to be signed by
Andrew Howe and wife, now of Breck-
enrdge, MINI. Afterwards Standring
forwarded other payments from time
to time until total Of $4,000 had been
paid. and the affairs of the bank be-
gan to be wound up. After Standing
fled plaintiff found that Howe
had never bougnt the land. had
given no note or mortgage, received
no deed. and knew nothing of the
whole matter; that, in fact, the note
and mortgages were forgeries and that,
in all probability, Standing had adj
vanced the cash payments which were
made sirnbiy as blind to prevent
plaintiff from suspecting the real ma
ture Of the transaction. In the mean
time Standring had forged deed to
the land in favor of his brother by
whom it was later transferred to other
grantees. Further transfers were made
from time to time until the title, such
as it was, came to rest in II. j. Tillla,
where it was when Standings irreg-
'ularities were uncovered. Haswell
brought suit to quiet title in himself,
and Judge Bailie sustains his owner
ship. Besides the Standings and TIL
liza the following are the defendants:
George Schumacher. Henry Burt, j. A.
Haley, f. f. Keller, George F. Nib
lock, Union Savings bank OF Daven-
port, Alton T. Keller, T. H. Womel-
dorf, Rodney Hill and Menning & Slat-
ter.
Defendants attempted to show that
Haswell and Standring were really
partners and that plaintiff was there
fore bound by the forgeries of his
copartner. Judge Bailie holds, how
ever, that Standring was an agent OF
plaintiff, rather than a partner, and
that, as such, the formers acts We're
not binding upon the plaintiff.