Barhydt & Co. v. Bonney
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Madison Oi/rcuit Oourt. This is an action upon a promissory note for the sum of $502.88, executed by Moses Bonney tó plaintiffs, dated March 15th, 1878, due twelve months after date, and to foreclose a mortgage executed to secure said note. The cause was tried to the court, and relief asked by the plaintiffs was granted. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Day, J".
1. evidence : Sy to vary siting. The note in suit was given in settlement of the price of certain bills of- boots and shoes purchased by the defendant, Moses Bonney, of the plaintiffs. The defendant claims that, when he bought the' bills of goods of the plaintiffs’ agent, it was agreed that they should take land in payment for the goods, if he had not the money to pay for them when the bills matured. Tie tendered to the plaintiffs a deed for the land mortgaged, forty acres, and insists that the plaintiffs are under obligation to take the land in full satisfaction of the debt. Parol…
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