Flickinger v. Price
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. Action at law against the defendant as an alleged co-surety, to recover contribution; the plaintiff, as alleged, having paid the principal's debt. Trial to a jury, verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
l negotiable in f• eontribution. The history of the transaction between the parties, out of which this controversy has arisen, began on March 29, 1907. The parties hereto and one Hudspeth, to-grther with a fourth party, entered into a joint enterprise in the purchase of a tract of Nebraska land, each party having a one-fourth interest in the purchase. This transaction is known in the record as the “Syndicate land deal.” The cost to each party to the enterprise was $1,500. For the purpose of meeting such cost, Price, Flickinger, and Hudspeth borrowed $4,500, and executed their joint promissory…
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