Eldorado Jewelry Co. v. Darnell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Madison District Court.— Hon. Jas. D. Gamble, J udge. Action' on an order for jewelry. Fraud was pleaded as a defense: Judgment was entered against the plaintiff, from which it appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd. J.
The defendant signed an order for the purchase of certain jewelry, and, upon suit for the price, set up as a defense that it was procured by fraud, in that plaintiff’s agent had represented that the order was for goods to be sold on commission by defendant as agent, and for which *556lie was to remit only a percentage of the proceeds, after sale, to the company, which should retain title. The evidence was such that the jury might have exonerated him from the charge of negligence in signing the order, and have found the allegations of fraud established. The agent who procured the order…
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