Cahalan v. Cahalan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Fayette District Court. — I-IoN. L. O. Hatch, Judge. Actioh to recover an amount alleged to be due on two promissory notes. The defendant pleaded a counterclaim. A jury being waived, there was a trial by the court, and a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for forty-six dollars and forty-four cents, and costs of commencing suit, and in favor of the defendant for the remainder of the costs. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ítoBiírsoN, j.
The notes upon which the action of the plaintiff is founded are for the sum of live hundred dollars each, dated January 29, 1883, made by the defendant, and payable to the plaintiff one year after date. The amount alleged to be due thereon is the sum of one thousand and twenty' dollars and twenty cents. There is no controversy in regard to them. The counterclaim of the defendant is founded upon a promissory note made by the plaintiff to the defendant for the sum of six hundred dollars, dated September 2, 1882, and payable three years after date. The plaintiff admits the making…
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