Legal Opinion
Merrill v. Reaver
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 9, 1879PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. Action at law -upon two promissory notes. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Ch. J.
I. The petition declares upon two promissory notes, each in the following language:
“For value received I promise to pay to the Albia, Knoxville & Des Moines Railroad Company, or bearer, the sum of five hundred dollars, upon completion of said railroad and cars running thereon to the depot at Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa, if done in two years from the 1st day of June, 1875, with interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum from maturity. This note to be <}ue and payable when the cars run to the depot above named within the time above stipulated, and on such payment the Albia,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Merrill v. GambleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1877
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