Holmes v. Bailey

The plaintiff commenced this action in the district court of Cass county, and in his petition alleged that on the first day of March, 1881, he was the owner of fifty-five tons of hay on the farm of the defendant, and that the defendant wrongfully converted said hay to his own use, to the damage of the plaintiff, etc.

The defendant answered: 1. A general denial. 2. That said plaintiff claimed said hay .through one Howland, and that said Howland attempted to purchase said hay of the defendant but never accomplished or completed the same, a condition precedent being the payment for said hay,…