Gordon v. Dalby
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from General Term of the Sixth Judicial District Plaintiffs, as partners, sued in the Poweshiek district court. The petition states the plaintiffs’ cause of action substantially as follows: That the defendant was the contractor for carrying the mails on routes 11052 (from Oskaloosa to Montezuma, Iowa) and 1152 (from Montezuma to Brooklin, Iowa) for a term of four years, from July 1, 1866; that the plaintiffs and defendant entered into an oral agreement, that…
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Appeal from General Term of the Sixth Judicial District Plaintiffs, as partners, sued in the Poweshiek district court. The petition states the plaintiffs’ cause of action substantially as follows: That the defendant was the contractor for carrying the mails on routes 11052 (from Oskaloosa to Montezuma, Iowa) and 1152 (from Montezuma to Brooklin, Iowa) for a term of four years, from July 1, 1866; that the plaintiffs and defendant entered into an oral agreement, that plaintiffs were to stock the said routes with the necessary horses, hacks, etc., at their own expense, and to'transport the mails…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
On the trial of the cause the district court found- from the evidence, that in May, 1866, one of the plaintiffs, N. Carr, made a bid to the post-office department for the mail route between Oskaloosa and Montezuma, Iowa; that afterward he ascertained that he was underbid, and wishing to bid again, and supposing that a second bid from him would not be received, he requested the defendant to bid for him in his (defendant’s) name; that defendant consented to do so and signed a blank bid, which was filled by said Carr with such sum as he deemed proper. This bid was accepted by the department, and…
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