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Wilson v. Palo Alto County

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 24, 1884PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Clay District Court. Action on account for a balance which plaintiff alleges is due him for lumber and building materials sold and delivered to the defendant.

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Appeal from Clay District Court. Action on account for a balance which plaintiff alleges is due him for lumber and building materials sold and delivered to the defendant. Answer in denial; also, that said lumber and materials were sold and delivered to Burdick & Goble, who had a contract with defendant to furnish the material and do the work in building a court house for defendant, and that defendant never undertook to pay plaintiff for said lumber, nor became liable to pay for the same; also, that plaintiff presented his account for said lumber and material, amounting to $1,811.07, to…

1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.

*20i. practice couliftviüve“eootde:0" append *19Appellee filed in this court a motion to strike from the abstract and transcript what purported to be the *20evidence in the case, and to affirm the judgment, on the ground that the evidence was not certified or preserved by a bill of exceptions. A skeleton bill of exceptions was signed by the trial judge, and filed in the case, in which the clerk is directed to insert, in the proper places, the testimony of the witnesses who were examined, and the documentary evidence which was introduced on the trial. But there is no direction as to the source from…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Starr v. City of BurlingtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  2. Fulton v. Monona CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1878

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Cadwell v. HigginbothamNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Gross v. HockerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1952
  3. Wolf v. Humboldt CountyNevada Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Conners v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1888
  5. Barr v. Clinton Bridge WorksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917

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