Farmer v. Thrift
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Madison District Court. — Hon. J. H. Henderson, Judge. The parties, at the date thereof, executed the following contract: “Winterset, Iowa, Feb. 28,1893. S. W. Farmer bought of B. L. Thrift thirty-nine head of cattle, to be weighed up on full feed and shrunk three per cent, any time between the 1st and 20th of May, 1893, for which S. W. Farmer agrees to pay B. L. Thrift five cents per pound.
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Appeal from Madison District Court. — Hon. J. H. Henderson, Judge. The parties, at the date thereof, executed the following contract: “Winterset, Iowa, Feb. 28,1893. S. W. Farmer bought of B. L. Thrift thirty-nine head of cattle, to be weighed up on full feed and shrunk three per cent, any time between the 1st and 20th of May, 1893, for which S. W. Farmer agrees to pay B. L. Thrift five cents per pound. Also from forty to fifty fat hogs to be weighed at Thrift’s, and delivered by Thrift in Winterset. Price of said hogs to be 7 cts., all good straight hogs. [Signed] S. W. Farmer. B. L.…
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
*3771 *376I. The notice in writing mentioned in the statement of facts is as follows: “May 18, 1893. To S. W. Farmer: You are hereby notified that within one hour after my cattle are through eating and drinking at any regular feeding time between now and Saturday night, May 20,1893,1 will weigh them out to you according to contract, and shrink them three per cent., and that I will weigh my hogs and deliver them to you according to contract, provided you will take both hogs and cattle on the terms and conditions of our written contract. And you are hereby requested to designate the time that you will…
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