Brownell & Co. v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Council Bluffs Superior Cowl. — Hon. J. E. E. MoG-ee, Judge. Action on a contract in substance as follows: “April 12, 1889. “D. Chapmcm, Esq., Comcil Bluffs, Iowa. • ‘ ‘Dear Sir : —We will furnish you one of our Scotch-marine boilers, — 54 dia., 84 long, made of 60,000 T. S. marine steel shells, 5-16: * * * all the above delivered and set up (you to do all woodwork), — for the sum of one thousand and twenty-three dollars ($1,023.00-). We will allow you three…
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Appeal from Council Bluffs Superior Cowl. — Hon. J. E. E. MoG-ee, Judge. Action on a contract in substance as follows: “April 12, 1889. “D. Chapmcm, Esq., Comcil Bluffs, Iowa. • ‘ ‘Dear Sir : —We will furnish you one of our Scotch-marine boilers, — 54 dia., 84 long, made of 60,000 T. S. marine steel shells, 5-16: * * * all the above delivered and set up (you to do all woodwork), — for the sum of one thousand and twenty-three dollars ($1,023.00-). We will allow you three hundred and sixty dollars ($360.00) for your two engines, boiler, heater and inspirator, wheels, shafting and couplings.…
1Opinion of the Court
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I. Lake Manana is a small lake in the vicinity of Council Bluffs, in Pottawattamie county, 1. Contracts: breach: measure of damages. and is a summer and pleasure resort. Boats are used on the lake for the accommodation of visitors, and among them was one known as the “M. F. Bohrér,” belonging to the defendant. The boat was operated on the lake in the season of 1888, and the boilers and machinery contracted for, as known to the parties, were to refit the boat for use in the season of 1889. A breach of the contract on the part of the plaintiff by a failure to deliver within the…
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