Pierce v. School District No. Four
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Marshall District Court. Suit commenced before a justice of the peace, to recover a balance alleged to be dute on a contract for building a school house. Upon appeal to the district court, certain evidence offered by the plaintiff, being objected to by the the defendant, was excluded by the court; upon this ruling of the court.,- and upon the ordering a non-suit, the errors are assigned.
1Opinion of the CourtStockton, J.
The plaintiff attaches to his petition, and makes part of the same, an instrument of writing in the form of a contract between the parties, stating the size of the house to bo built, and the price agreed to be paid therefor, signed by the secretary of the school district. This instrument, the plaintiff alleges, was the basis of the contract between the parties, and the evidence of the terms of the same; and alleging that the house has been completed as required by the terms of the contract, and accepted by the defendant, he claims the sum of one hundred dollars, as due him from defendant on…
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