Preston v. Walker
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. Plaintiee declares upon three promissory notes, made in 1859, by defendant, one of them to Callista Walker, and the others to Sarah Stoddard, or bearer. They were all made in New York, and payable there. Those to Sarah Stoddard were due in three and four years, and contained these words, “and interest, the interest to be paid annually.” These notes were all indorsed to plaintiff by Alfred Stoddard. The answer is, first, a denial.
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Appeal from Linn District Court. Plaintiee declares upon three promissory notes, made in 1859, by defendant, one of them to Callista Walker, and the others to Sarah Stoddard, or bearer. They were all made in New York, and payable there. Those to Sarah Stoddard were due in three and four years, and contained these words, “and interest, the interest to be paid annually.” These notes were all indorsed to plaintiff by Alfred Stoddard. The answer is, first, a denial. In the second place, plaintiff admits the execution of the notes, but claims there is nothing due thereon, because, he says, that…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
1. Practice: as to who holds the affirmative. — I. It is first claimed that the court below erred in refusing defendant’s counsel the right to open an^ close the argument. This right was claimed and refused, and the question fairly arises. Our statute declares that in the argument to the jury, “ the party having the burden of the issue shall have the opening and closing ” (§ 3047), and *208that a new trial shall be granted for irregularity in the proceedings of the court, or for any order, or abuse of discretion by which the party was prevented from having a fair trial. § 3112, cl. 1. But the…
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