Fischer v. Johnson Lane & Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Iiardin District Court. — Hon. B. P. Birdsalt,., . Judge. The plaintiffs purchased eleven and two-tenths acres of la,nd of the Western Town Lot Company, September 23,. 1892, on which were standing.five hundred and seventy-two feet of corn cribs and forty-two rods of fence, which the defendants removed in December of the same year. This is an action for the value of the cribs and fence. Trial to jury.
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Appeal from Iiardin District Court. — Hon. B. P. Birdsalt,., . Judge. The plaintiffs purchased eleven and two-tenths acres of la,nd of the Western Town Lot Company, September 23,. 1892, on which were standing.five hundred and seventy-two feet of corn cribs and forty-two rods of fence, which the defendants removed in December of the same year. This is an action for the value of the cribs and fence. Trial to jury. Verdict and judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiffs-appeal.-
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1 The corncribs in controversy were erected on what are called two inch by four or six inch stringers, resting on the earth, and on land belonging to Western Town LorCompany. All but five lengths were placed there by Nichols Bros., prior to 1886, by virtue of an oral understanding with the owner that they might remain on the land until sold, or the firm notified to remove them. In October, 1891, Nichols Bros, transferred these cribs by bill of sale to Johnson, Lane & Co., who constructed the five lengths mentioned. In September, 1892, the Western Town Lot Company contracted for the sale of…
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