Sadler v. Bean
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Page District Court. Tuesday, October 28. Action to recover damages for tbe failure of defendant to deliver $400 in amount, of accounts contained in two certain books of account kept by the late firm of Sadler & Bean, in Hawleyville, Iowa, which the plaintiff alleged he had purchased of defendant for $25 cash, paid him in hand.
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Appeal from, Page District Court. Tuesday, October 28. Action to recover damages for tbe failure of defendant to deliver $400 in amount, of accounts contained in two certain books of account kept by the late firm of Sadler & Bean, in Hawleyville, Iowa, which the plaintiff alleged he had purchased of defendant for $25 cash, paid him in hand. The answer averred performance, denied that the plaintiff had been damaged by any failure of defendant, and also alleged that the accounts sold to' the plaintiff were not in any manner defined or ascertained from _ other accounts kept in the same books.…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
1. Witness. I. The plaintiff being on the stand as a witness, and having testified that he had kept the books in which the accounts were contained, and was familiar with them, was asked, “what were those accounts worth?” to which the defendant objected, on the ground that the witness had not shown himself competent to testify as to value. The objection was overruled and the witness answered, “ I think those accounts were worth seventy-five cents on the dollar; and that $400 in the poorest accounts on those books, were worth fifty cents on the dollar.” He also testified that he did not know…
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