Price v. Price
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Tama Ciruit Court. Action commenced on the 16th day of March, 1871, to recover the value of seven years’ service rendered defendant, from September, 1854, to September, 1861. Defense, denial and plea of statute of limitations. Jury trial. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
Upon the trial the court gave a number of lengthy instructions, to which defendant excepted, and of which he now complains. It will be more conducive to clearness and brevity to discuss and establish the general principles underlying the rights of the parties, and then to determine the agreement or non-agreement of the instructions given with the principles thus established, than to set out and consider the instructions seriatim.
The evidence on the part of plaintiff establishes the following facts: The plaintiff accompanied his brother, the defendant, to this State from Ohio, and entered his…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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