Hiatt v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. — Hon. A. R. Dewey, Judge. • This is an action to recover the rent reserved in a certain lease made and executed by one William Crowby to the defendant, for the term of one year from and after the first day of March, 1891, at the agreed rental of one hundred and sixty dollars per year.
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Appeal from Mahaska District Court. — Hon. A. R. Dewey, Judge. • This is an action to recover the rent reserved in a certain lease made and executed by one William Crowby to the defendant, for the term of one year from and after the first day of March, 1891, at the agreed rental of one hundred and sixty dollars per year. The defendant admitted the execution of the lease, and further pleaded that the plaintiff’s assignor failed and refused to give him the possession of the premises at the time agreed upon, and that b** reason thereof he has been damaged to the sum of one hundred and fifty…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The first question to be considered is, whether a certificate is necessary to give us jurisdiction.
The plaintiff asks judgment for eighty dollars, the balance which he claims is due him on the lease executed by defendant.
In his original answer the defendant admitted the execution of the lease, but claimed that he was damaged by failure to get possession of the premises at the time agreed upon in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, and he asked judgment against plaintiff for costs.
In an amended answer and counter-claim, filed after the verdict was returned, and at the same time the…
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