Reinking v. Goodell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. Hugh Brennan, Judge. Action to recover the agreed rental on a tract of rice land in Texas and the amount due on two promissory notes for money advanced by plaintiff to defendants.
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Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. Hugh Brennan, Judge. Action to recover the agreed rental on a tract of rice land in Texas and the amount due on two promissory notes for money advanced by plaintiff to defendants. There was a counterclaim for breach of contract on the part of plaintiff in failing to repair a pumping plant on the premises and the retaining walls protecting the same, resulting in damages to the defendants in the loss of a portion of the crop and loss of time, labor, and money in preparing and procuring seed for such crop'. The case was tried to a jury, and a verdict was…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The appellants question not only the action of the court and jury resulting in the substantial disallowance of defendants’ counterclaim, but also in two respects the amount of recovery allowed on plaintiff’s claim.
The facts necessary to an understanding of the questions involved in the determination of the appeal, as shown without dispute in the record, were as follows: Plaintiff, being the owner of a tract of rice land of about 1,200 acres located adjacent to the town of Garwood in Texas, and abutting upon the Colorado river, on the 31st day of December, 1907, leased said land including the…
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