Baker v. Johnson County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Iowa, Circuit Coxvrt. Action for the recovery of compensation as swamp land agent under an oral contract with the defendant. There was trial by jury, verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals. The facts necessary to an understanding of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
This cause has already been twice before this court. See 33 Iowa, 151, and 37 Iowa, 186.
The action on the first appeal was based on what was claimed to be a written contract, and this court held that there was no sufficient evidence to establish a contract of that character, and that the cause of action accrued on the 16th day of October, 1861, and was barred by the statute of limitations. The cause being remanded was again tried and appealed; and it was then determined .that there was no sufficient evidencó of a written contract, and the cause was again reversed and remanded for a new trial.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Baker v. Johnson CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
- Baker v. Johnson CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- Baker v. Washington CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
- State v. BevansSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873