Baxter, Reed & Co. v. C. W. Rollins & Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Ida District Court— Hon. Charles D. Goldsmith, Judge. Action at law to recover an amount alleged to be due on a promissory note. There was a trial on the merits, and a verdict for the defendants by order of the court. From the judgment rendered on the verdict, the plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
1 *2292 *228This action is founded on a promissory note for the sum of three thousand dollars, given on the twenty-eighth day of May, 1890, payable on the first day of the next December, and signed “0. W. Rollins & Co.” The defendants named are C. W. Rollins & Co., C. W. Rollins, Alice Schleiter, and Ressa Schleiter. The petition alleges that when the note was given, the defendants were a co-partnership engaged in buying, preserving and shipping eggs; that the business was carried on at Ida Grove, under the control and management of the defendant, Rollins; and that the note was given for a loan of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Baxter, Reed & Co. v. C. W. Rollins & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1894
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