Rogers v. French
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Humboldt District Court. — Hon« A. D. Bailie, Judge. Action, to recover damages for refusal to deliver a certain lot of ice under a contract for the sale thereof. On motion the court directed a verdict for defendant, and rendered judgment thereon against the plaintiff for costs. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMoOlatn, J.
Ihe action is on an alleged contract for the sale of certain ice stored in defendant’s icehouse at Dakota City. At the time of the making of the contract of sale, if one was 'made, plaintiff resided at Humbolt, which adjoins Dakota Oily, and defendant at Evans, Minnesota, and plaintiff sought to make out the alleged con*19tract by letters and telegrams which passed between the 1 agency evidence. parties. One contention of defendan t, in his motion to direct a verdict, was that it ap-' peared from the letters and telegrams on which plaintiff relied that the plaintiff was acting in the transaction…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Rudy-Patrick Seed Co. v. RosemanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1944
- National Produce Co. v. Dye Yaus Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1925
- Des Moines Marble & Mantel Co. v. SeeversSupreme Court of Iowa · 1926