J. T. S. Brown & Sons v. Wieland
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Carroll District Court. — Hon. S. M. Elwood, Judge. Action ou a promissory note signed by J. J. Wieland and E. B. Wieland, bis wife.
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Appeal from Carroll District Court. — Hon. S. M. Elwood, Judge. Action ou a promissory note signed by J. J. Wieland and E. B. Wieland, bis wife. Defendants allege tbat tbe consideration of tbe note was intoxicating liquors -sold in violation of law, and by way of counterclaim the defendant J. J. Wieland seeks to recover from pUaintiffs money paid to plaintiffs by said J. J. Wieland for intoxicating liquors unlawfully sold and delivered by plaintiffs to said defendant in tbis state. Tbe court sustained a demurrer to defendant’s counterclaim, and, on the trial to a jury, directed a verdict for…
1Opinion of the Court
McClain, J. —
1 Plaintiffs, carrying on tbe business of selling intoxicating liquors as wholesale dealers at Louisville, Ky., received in March, 1899, through their agent in Iowa, an order from defendant for certain kinds and quantities of liquor, to be shipped to him at Audubon, Iowa; tbe total amount to be paid for tbe liquors purchased being $1,670. Tbis order was taken subject to the' approval of plaintiffs, and, if sale bad been effected in accordance with its terms,, such sale, so far as appears, would have been valid, and tbe purchase price could have bean collected by plaintiffs. But…
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- Wind v. Iler & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1895
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- D. Sachs & Sons v. GarnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
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