Vorse v. Loomis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. F. Conrad,. Judge. This is an action at law, and it involves the title to a horse power cornsheller. There was a trial by jury, and the court directed a verdict for the defendants. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
There is no real controversy as to the facts in the case. The plaintiff was the owner of the cornsheller in question, and on the twenty-third day of November, 1888, he sold the same to one Whelchell. The sale was entirely on credit. Whelchell gave his promissory'notes for the purchase money, and took possession of the sheller under an oral agreement, with the plaintiff that the title to the property was to. remain in the plaintiff until the payment of the purchase money, and that the plaintiff might resume-possession óf the sheller at any time he might deem advisable. Whelchell was then, and…
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