Federal Land & Securities Co. v. Hatch
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Green District Court. — Hon. F. M. Powers, Judge. This action was begun at law to recover upon a bank check drawn by defendant and on which payment had heen refused. The defendant filed answer denying liability and pleading an affirmative defense, with cross-petition asking that the cheek sued upon be held void. On motion the cause was tried as in equity. There was a decree for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Green District Court. — Hon. F. M. Powers, Judge. This action was begun at law to recover upon a bank check drawn by defendant and on which payment had heen refused. The defendant filed answer denying liability and pleading an affirmative defense, with cross-petition asking that the cheek sued upon be held void. On motion the cause was tried as in equity. There was a decree for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The facts material to a disposition of the appeal are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The petition alleges no more than that on a given date defendant made and delivered to plaintiff his check on the Bank of Dana for $320, and that on *20presentation payment was- refused and check duly protested, wherefore judgment is demanded for said sum of $320, with interest and expenses of protest. For answer defendant admitó making the check, and says it was made and delivered as part of an offer by him for the purchase of a tract of land from plaintiff, but that plaintiff refused said offer and demanded that defendant take the land on other and different terms than he had proposed or…
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