Carraher v. Allen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sac District Court. — I-Ion. S. II. Elwood, J udge. Action at law to recover certain freight charges on a threshing machine sold, plaintiff, which it is alleged defendant agreed to pay, and for damages growing out of a suit instituted by defendant, as agent of the J. I. Case Threshing-Machine Company, against plaintiff. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the petition, and .plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
*1701 *169As the correctness of the ruling on the demurrer is challenged, a brief statement of the allegations of the petition is needed to a correct solution of the point involved. The petition is in three counts. In the first it is alleged, in substance, that plaintiff purchased of the I. I. Case Threshing-Machine Company a separator, traction engine, and other appliances belonging to the machine, by *170written contract, for the sum of $2,32G, and that plaintiff, by the terms of the agreement, was to pay the freight thereon; that defendant was the agent of the machine company, and in consideration of…
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