Devore v. Schaffer

65 N.W.2d 553 (1954)

DEVORE

v.

SCHAFFER.

No. 48494.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 26, 1954.

J. D. Reynolds, of Creston, and Lee R. Watts, of Corning, for appellant.

Thos. E. Mullin, of Creston, and Byron B. Stanley, of Corning, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice.

Plaintiff, an Adams County farmer, desiring to buy some used tubing belonging to the county, went to the county engineer, and then to the county yard in Corning where the County kept bridge steel, lumber, and other highway material: "I came to see the Engineer to buy some of the old tubes along the road. They had been doing some grading and graveling…