Murray v. Weber
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Scott District Cowt. — Hon. P. B. Wolfe, Judge. This is an appeal from an order granting a new trial in an action for the alleged wrongful conversion of a stock of boots and shoes. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict for plaintiff, which was set aside, and a new trial ordered. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
I. It is not denied that the plaintiff was the owner of some shoes, fixtures, furniture, and tools which were stored on the upper floor of a building occupied by the defendant as a tenant. On the seventh day of April, 1891, the said property was consumed by fire. The matter of dispute between the parties is whether the defendant should pay the plaintiff for the loss. It appears that the plaintiff formerly carried on the boot and shoe business in the building, and that he occupied the same under a lease from Biederbeck & Miller, the owners. By an arrangement with one Vogelmuth, the lease was…
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