Patton v. Arney
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court. — Hon. D. R. Hind-man, Judge. Action at law to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of a breach of contract on the part of the defendant A demurrer to the petition was sustained, and judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant for costs. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The allegations of the petition are substantially as follows: On or about the eleventh day of January, 1893, the plaintiff wrote to the defendant a letter in which he expressed a desire to buy a car *665load of steers then owned by the defendant, and kept by him near Manning, and asked him to fix a price for them. In answer the defendant wrote a letter of which the following is a copy: “Albion, Iowa, Jan. 12, 1893. Patton — Sir: I conld not give you a close price on the steers, on account of not seeing them for a while, but they ought to be worth $4.25, and me drive to town and weigh. Go see…
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