Rindskoff & Bro. v. Curran
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Winneshiek Circuit Court. Action for the recovery of $429.89, the value of liquors sold to defendant. Defense that plaintiffs’ claim, is for intoxicating liquors sold defendant by plaintiffs, for the purpose of being sold in Iowa contrary to. law, of which plaintiffs had notice before the sale. Jury trial. Yerdict for defendant. Motion for a new trial overruled. Judgment upon the verdict. The plaintiffs appeals. The necessary facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
1. Intoxicating liquors: illegal contracts. I. The action is brought to recover the value of three distinct lots of liquor sold to the <lefen<lant bJ plaintiffs. The first point made py appellant is that the verdict is not supported by sufficient evidence.
The first bill was purchased through one E. B. Burrows. It was made an important question upon the trial below, and is so considered by counsel here, whether Burrows was the agent of plaintiffs or of defendant in effecting the sale. So far as the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict is concerned, in the view which we take of…
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