Legal Opinion

Sherwood v. Snow, Foote & Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided September 20, 1877PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from Des Movnes District Court. The plaintiff claims of the firm of Snow, Foote & Co'., and of Samuel W. Snow, Mark S. Eoote, and M. M. Eoote, the individuals composing said firm, judgment upon a note, of which the following is a copy: “ $150. Burlington, Iowa, Oct. 24th, 1873. “ Sixty days after date I promise to pay to the order of Eugene Sherwood, one hundred and fifty dollars, with ten per cent interest from date, without defalcation, value received. “ Sam.

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Appeal from Des Movnes District Court. The plaintiff claims of the firm of Snow, Foote & Co'., and of Samuel W. Snow, Mark S. Eoote, and M. M. Eoote, the individuals composing said firm, judgment upon a note, of which the following is a copy: “ $150. Burlington, Iowa, Oct. 24th, 1873. “ Sixty days after date I promise to pay to the order of Eugene Sherwood, one hundred and fifty dollars, with ten per cent interest from date, without defalcation, value received. “ Sam. W. Snow. “Snow, Foote & Co.” Mark S. Foote and M. M. Eoote answered, “ denying that they or either of them are in any manner…

1Opinion of the Court

Day, Ch. J.

i. pbaohch m oourKssSnment óf en-or. I. The appellant assigns the following errors: Í. There was error in giving the 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th an<^ Hth instructions as asked by the plain^iff court erred in refusing to give the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th instructions as asked by defendants, and erred in modifying the 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th of defendants’ instructions, and erred in interlining the same. Appellee insists that, under repeated rulings of this court, these assignments are too general, and must fail, unless error occurred in each of the instructions…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Santo v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1855
  2. Whitaker v. BrownCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1836
  3. Catskill Bank v. StallNew York Supreme Court · 1836
  4. State v. SaterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859
  5. Harmon v. ChandlerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1856

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Hawes v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
  2. Betts v. City of GlenwoodSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
  3. Ludwig v. BlackshereSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
  4. Stevens v. McLachlanMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Ellis v. LeonardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899

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