Paddock v. Bartlett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mills Circuit Court. Action at law to recover upon a written instrument executed by defendant and others. There was a judgment upon a verdict for plaintiffs. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, On. J.
1. CONTRACT: erection oí cíate"?per?" formance. I. The instrument sued upon was signed by defendant and others, and is in the following language: “ We, the undersigned, believing it to be a great 7 07 ° fc> advantage to Mills county and vicinity to have ^ie pork-packing house established at Malvern, agree to pay the amount set opposite our names, upon the following conditions: That George E. Mellen and associates shall erect a brick pork-house at Malvern, with a capacity of killing and curing TO,000 hogs annually. Said amount shall become due on the completion of the pork-house,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Trustees of Oskaloosa College v. StaffordSupreme Court of Iowa · 1862
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Smith v. Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1921
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- Lipsmeier v. VehslageU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1886