Eldredge v. Bell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Delaware Circuit Court. Action upon an account for labor and materials furnished in building a creamery. It is brought against Montgomery Bell and Martha Bell, as executors of the estate of Elisha Bell, deceased. There was a trial to a jury, and verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
1. ESTATES Of safeolproptor5-offset^1" ting demands, I. The defendants assign as error that the court misstated the issues to the jury. The petition avers, in substance, that labor and materials were furnished by the plaintiff to the amount of $265.45, a^ ^he request of the defendant’s testate, Elisha qeq. ppa£ amount was due him, unless a credit ought to be applied in favor of the estate to the amount of $143.25, which became due from him to the estate by reason of a purchase made by him of certain personal property sold to him at an executor’s sale; and, in case such application ought to be…
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