Lavelleur v. Nugent

Plaintiff is a farmer. The defendant is a buyer of horses in the city of Des Moines, and, at the times hereinafter stated, was purchasing |iorses for the British government, to be used in the British army. He operated sale and inspection barns and yards. In these barns and yards, horses were kept for inspection by government officers, who, on inspection, either accepted or rejected. On the 1st day of September, 1917, plaintiff owned 21 head of horses, kept by him on his farm in Madison County. On that date, one B. Burnett came to plaintiff’s place, for the purpose of buying these horses,…