Hall & Spencer v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Shelly District Court. The plaintiffs bring this action upon an alleged breach of an agreement to deliver ice upon contracts made by the plaintiffs, on account of which the plaintiffs claim damages in the sum of $6,024. There was a jury trial, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs for $500. The plaintiffs appeal. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The defendant resides at Council Bluffs, and the plaintiffs at Crestón. During the season of 1878, the defendant had a large quantity of ice in store at Council Bluffs. On the fifteenth day of April, 1878, the plaintiffs and the defendant entered into a written contract, wherein it was agreed that the defendant should fill all orders for ice the plaintiffs might send him, in lots not less than one. car load of ten tons, when accompanied by the money, or bank certificates, or railroad company receipts; the ice to be sold by the first day of November, at the following minimum prices: for ice…
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