Hutchinson v. Watkins
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jadcson District Court. The firm of J. & J. H. McMurray were indebted to tbe plaintiffs, S. Hutchinson & Co., in tbe sum of twelve hundred dollars, and were also indebted to four other firms and persons, in the aggregate, about the same amount. In July, 1862, the plaintiffs sent their agent to Andrew, Jackson county, Iowa, where said firm was doing business, to collect their claim.
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Appeal from Jadcson District Court. The firm of J. & J. H. McMurray were indebted to tbe plaintiffs, S. Hutchinson & Co., in tbe sum of twelve hundred dollars, and were also indebted to four other firms and persons, in the aggregate, about the same amount. In July, 1862, the plaintiffs sent their agent to Andrew, Jackson county, Iowa, where said firm was doing business, to collect their claim. The McMurrays were both absent, but the one having the care and control of the business, left the key to the store with his wife, advising her that he expected the plaintiffs, whom he owed twelve…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
i Bn-decíara-tions. —I. In tbe progress of tbe trial, tbe plaintiffs introduced Mrs. McMurray as a witness, by whom they proved that her husband bad directed and author-ized ^er to i'urD out g°°ds to plaintiffs in payment 0f tbeir debt; and that she did so. After tbe plaintiffs bad rested their case, the-defendant offered to prove by her witnesses that, two days after tbe alleged sale, McMurray returned borne and expressed himself dissatisfied with tbe sale; and also to prove what he bad said before be left about buying more goods and continuing tbeir business, and other statements of said…
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