Hannibal H. Chandler & Co. v. E. Knott & Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Bremer District Court. — Hon. Q-. W. Ruddick, Judge. This is an action at law to recover two hundred and ninety-four dollars for the insertion of an advertisement in a newspaper called the “Farmers’ Review.” The defendants admitted liability in the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, and denied that they were indebted to the plaintiff in any other or further amount.
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Appeal from Bremer District Court. — Hon. Q-. W. Ruddick, Judge. This is an action at law to recover two hundred and ninety-four dollars for the insertion of an advertisement in a newspaper called the “Farmers’ Review.” The defendants admitted liability in the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, and denied that they were indebted to the plaintiff in any other or further amount. There was a trial by jury, and, when the evidence had all been introduced, on the motion of the plaintiff, the court took the case from the jury, and rendered judgment for the plaintiff for the' amount claimed…
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
1. Practice: from jury-6 construction. I. The plaintiff is a corporation, and publishes a newspaper at Chicago, Ill., called the “Farmers’ Review,” which newspaper is . , , . . devoted mainly to matters concerning farming and stock raising. The defendants are a partnership doing business at the city of Waverly, in this state, and engaged in importing and dealing in horses. On the sixteenth day of November, 1889, the defendants made and executed the following instrument in writing:
“$119.87.
“Waverly, Iowa, Nov. 16,1889.
“Hannibal H. Chandler & Co., Chicago, Ill.:
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