Allison v. Vaughan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Oowrt. ' This is an action upon an account containing one hundred and three items, amounting to $3905.24, with two items o’f credit, amounting to $550, for steam engine, boiler, printing pi’ess, type, fixtures and materials for publishing a newspaper.
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Appeal from Pottawattamie District Oowrt. ' This is an action upon an account containing one hundred and three items, amounting to $3905.24, with two items o’f credit, amounting to $550, for steam engine, boiler, printing pi’ess, type, fixtures and materials for publishing a newspaper. The answer was in general denial,'and also set up overcharges upon certain items, a claim, for damages'6f $2500, for failure to send the press of the style and size ordered, and for damages of $200, for defective engine and boiler, and'$800 damages for failure to furnish the press as agreed, and for…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
I. At the term of court wlien the cause was tried, the defendant filed his verified petition, asking for a rule
1. paactice: production of •papers. upon the plaintiffs, requiring them to produce all letters and telegrams received by them from defendant, relating to the account sued-upon. The court overruled the petition. By the very language of the statute authorizing such petition, it places the matter in the discretion of the court. Code, §§ 3685-6. We cannot say' that the court erred. It appears from the record that plaintiffs do business in Cincinnati, Ohio; that this action was commenced…
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