Munn v. Town of Drakesville

This is an action which was commenced August 28, 1933, by A. F. Munn, plaintiff, against the town of Drakes-ville, Iowa, in which he endeavored to recover upon an alleged contract dated October 4, 1926, for services rendered in furnishing electric lights to the streets of the town from March 1, 1929, to August 31, 1933. The case was brought on for trial in 1936 at the September term of the Davis county court, and assigned for trial on September 30. After the jury was .impaneled and on the next day, an amendment was filed to plaintiff’s petition,without leave of court, increasing the amount…