Gravel v. Clough
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court,— Hour. George W. Wakefield, Judge. Oisr the eighth day of July, 1886, the plaintiff purchased of the defendant one hundred and forty-two head of cattle, and gave therefor his two notes for twenty-nine hundred and nineteen dollars and sixty-five cents each, due respectively, February 8 and July 8, 1887; and on the ninth of December he executed to the •defendant a mortgage on said cattle to secure the payment of said notes.
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Appeal from Woodbury District Court,— Hour. George W. Wakefield, Judge. Oisr the eighth day of July, 1886, the plaintiff purchased of the defendant one hundred and forty-two head of cattle, and gave therefor his two notes for twenty-nine hundred and nineteen dollars and sixty-five cents each, due respectively, February 8 and July 8, 1887; and on the ninth of December he executed to the •defendant a mortgage on said cattle to secure the payment of said notes. On the eighth of December, 1886, the plaintiff made to the defendant his note for twelve hundred dollars, and, on the day following, the…
1Opinion of the CourtGraNG-eb, J.
l. conversion moí'teageee:b5: damages. I. Upon the issues of fact presented as to an agreement to furnish corn and hogs, and a failure so to do, and to cancel the mortgages Exhibits B and 0 with the surrender of ,note for twelve hundred dollars, the district court found with the defendant, and we think rightly ; for an examination of the testimony leaves little room for doubt as to such facts, and we will not produce or discuss the evidence leading to the conclusion.
The debatable question, if any in the case, is the measure of damages. The district court held the sales wrongful, and adopted,…
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