Clute Bros. v. Hazleton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Bremer District Court. Action on a promissory note for six hundred and fifty dollars. The petition was verified. The answer is quite lengthy. It in substance stated — First, that the execution of the note sued on is admitted; second, that it was given as part of the purchase price of a steam engine which was bought for the purpose of running a grist-mill.
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Appeal from Bremer District Court. Action on a promissory note for six hundred and fifty dollars. The petition was verified. The answer is quite lengthy. It in substance stated — First, that the execution of the note sued on is admitted; second, that it was given as part of the purchase price of a steam engine which was bought for the purpose of running a grist-mill. The price of the engine was one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, of which five hundred dollars was paid, and the note in suit given for the balance; third, that plaintiffs represented the engine to be capable of propelling…
1Opinion of the Court
Seevers, J.. 1. PRACTICE in cour”-nab-° tosnppres^deposition. — I. The errors insisted on by counsel will be noticed as near as may be in the order presented in their argument. A motion was filed by plaintiffs to ° U i. suppress the deposition of M. W. Hazleton, because the “cross-interrogatories were not written 011£ an¿ propounded to the witnesses, as the commissioner was ordered to write them out, or as propounded by plaintiffs’ attorney; and for the reason that no commissioner’s notice is attached to the deposition, or in any manner identified as authorizing William Haskel to take the…
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