Case Name: Mallory & Co. v. Sailing et al.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1875-04-19
Citations: 48 Iowa 699
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mallory & Co. v. Sailing et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 48
Pages: 699–699

Head Matter:
Mallory & Co. v. Sailing et al.
Practice: pleading: verification.
Appeal from, Union District Oowt.
Friday, April 19.
Action on a promissory note. Judgment for the plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
Rowell é Millegan, for appellants.
No appearance for appellees.

Opinion:
Seevers, J.
The petition, when filed, was not verified. The defendants did not verify their answer, and plaintiff's filed a motion to strike from the files. This motion was not pressed to a hearing, but was waived. Afterward the plaintiffs, by leave of the court, verified the petition, and thereupon asked for a default 'and judgment, which being granted, the defendants duly excepted.
This action of the court was erroneous. Wolff & Hoppe v. Hagensick, 10 Iowa, 590.
Reversed.