Lynch v. Mead
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. C. P. Holmes, Judge. Action at law, to recover the amount due on two instruments in writing. A demurrer to the petition was sustained, the defendant elected not to plead further, and judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the amount due. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The instruments are alike in terms and a copy of each is as follows: “$60.00. Des Moines, Iowa, June 8, 1898. There is due C. K. Mead, sixty *67dollars for work performed fór us during the months of May and June, 1898, which sum will be paid to himself or order on the 18th day of July, 1893, only upon presentation of this time check at our office, Ño. --- street, Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines Water-Power Co., by C. K. Mead, Sec. & Manager.” These instruments were made by the Des Moines Water-Power Company, and delivered to -the defendant, C. K. Mead, and they were indorsed in blank by him and by…
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