Brenard Manufacturing Co. v. Jessup & Barrett Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. — J. B. Rockafellow, Judge. Action against a copartnership on ñve promissory notes, three for $105 and two for $100 each. At the close of the evidence, both parties moved for a directed verdict, whereupon the jury was dismissed, and the cause, by agreement, submitted to the court. Plaintiff was awarded judgment as prayed, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
The five notes, and one other for $105, which was paid before this action was commenced, were given in payment of a quantity of merchandise, consisting of a Claxton piano and player, a quantity of table silverware, and a miscellaneous assortment of advertising and other material necessary for carrying out the terms of a contract, which provided for a “trade extension campaign” in the interest of defendant, a mercantile copartnership, with its place of business at Dunlap, Iowa. The articles of merchandise purchased are the same as were included i-n the contract set out in full in Brenard Mfg.…
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