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10 Iowa 439

Rees v. Leech

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 9, 1860

Supreme Court of Iowa · decided 1860-06-09

The plaintiff brought her action of replevin to obtain the possession of certain property taken by defendant Leech, as sheriff, to satisfy an execution in favor of the defendant Graham against the “Keokuk Post Company.” The plaintiff in her petition claimed that she was the owner of the property levied upon by the sheriff, entitled to the immediate possession thereof, and that the same was wrongfully detained by the defendants.

Decided 1860-06-09

Baldwin, J.

¶1We do not regard it as necessary for this court to pass upon the question mainly relied upon by the *441appellants, to-wit, whether under the pleadings prior to the amendment, no fraud haying been alleged, the defendants had a right to show that the plaintiff’s title to the property was obtained through fraud.

¶2When the defendants asked permission of the court to amend their answer, they submitted to the ruling of the court and thereby waived their objections to such ruling by pleading over. Had the defendants stood by their pleadings, and excepted to the ruling of the court, the question relied on by the appellants would have been properly before this court.

¶3The penalty the court may impose upon a party thus asking permission to amend, is a matter left to the discretion of the court. There being nothing in the record to satisfy this court that this power of the court below has been wrongfully exercised, we think the order and judgment should be affirmed.

¶4Judgment and order affirmed.

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