First Nat. Bank v. Oskaloosa Packing Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. This is an action upon a promissory note. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for tbe defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRotiikock, J.
The note in suit is for the sum of $15,000, with interest at eight per cent per annum. It was executed by the defendant on the sixth day of July, 1883, payable to the order of Stiles, Goldy & McMahon, and indorsed to the plaintiff. The defendant admitted the execution of the note, but alleged that it was given for margins upon certain purchases of short ribs of pork on the Chicago board of trade, and that it was not intended by the parties that said short ribs should ever be delivered, “but that the purchase thereof was a mere wager or gambling contract, invalid under the laws of both Iowa…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Bigelow v. . BenedictNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
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- Pixley v. BoyntonIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Thompson Bros. v. Cummings & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1881
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- Plank v. SwiftSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
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