Powers v. Bridges
Supreme Court of Iowa
Error, to Des Moines District Court. This was an action of assumpsit, to recover the value of certain work and labor done, and materials furnished by the plaintiff, at the instance, and for the benefit of the defendant, Bridges. A trial was had at the October term, 1848, upon the defendant’s plea of non-assumpsit, to the plaintiff’s declaration, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff, for two hundred dollars.
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Error, to Des Moines District Court. This was an action of assumpsit, to recover the value of certain work and labor done, and materials furnished by the plaintiff, at the instance, and for the benefit of the defendant, Bridges. A trial was had at the October term, 1848, upon the defendant’s plea of non-assumpsit, to the plaintiff’s declaration, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff, for two hundred dollars. The verdict was rendered by the jury on the-21st day of October, 1843, and the judgment rendered by the court on the same day. On the 6th day of November, fifteen days after the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hastings, C. J.
This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the court below by the plaintiff in error, for an alleged violation of a contract to convey a tract of land. The defendant pleaded the general issue to the several counts in plaintiff’s declaration, and trial was had thereon on the 20th day of October, 1843. On the 6th day of November, same year and term of the court, affidavits were filed for a new trial, judgment having been rendered on the verdict of the jury in favor of the plaintiff.
On the 10th of the same month, the motion of defendant for a new trial was overruled.…
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