Morey v. Laird
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Bremer District Court.- — Hon. J. F. Clyde, Judge. Action at law to recover an amount alleged to be due on a promissory note. A jury was impaneled, and, after the evidence had been fully submitted," a verdict for the plaintiff was'returned by direction'of the court; and from the judg-men. rendered thereon the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BobiNson, O. J.
The note in suit was given by the plaintiff to the defendant on the twenty-seventh day of February, 1896, for one thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars. The sum of four hundred and six dollars and sixty-five cents was paid thereon September 8, 1896. The plaintiff demands judgment for the amount of the note, after deducting therefrom the payment made. The defendant admits the making of the note, and pleads as a defense in substance as follows: That in January, 1896, he was the owner of a farm of two hundred and five acres of land in Bremer county; that he employed the…
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