Merchants' National Bank of Ocala v. Citizens' State Bank of Council Bluffs
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. Action at law on an alleged guaranty of a draft. At the conclusion of the evidence for the plaintiff, the court sustained a motion to direct the jury to return a verdict for the defendant A verdict was returned as directed, and upon it a judgment in favor of the defendant for costs was rendered. The plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtBobinson, J.
In December, 1889, B. Arentz was engaged at Ocala, Fla., in the business of buying and selling oranges, and O. W. Butts was in the wholesale fruit and commission business in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Butts had ordered of Arentz a oar load of oranges, which was shipped from Ocala to Council Bluffs, the bill of lading being taken in the name of Arentz. He drew a draft on Butte for five hundred and sixty dollars, the price of the oranges, payable to the plaintiff, a banking association organized under acts of congress, and doing business at Ocala, Fla., at thirty days after sight *651Before the…
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