Conner v. Draper

Daniel S. Draper brought suit in the district court against plaintiff in error for the sum of $1,050.30, claiming the same as a balance due him upon a settlement between the parties of their partnership and individual accounts. Upon the trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff below for $600.30, for which sum judgment was rendered.

We are asked to reverse the case on the ground that the evidence fails to sustain the verdict. It is admitted that for some time prior to July 9, 1889, the parties were partners in the grain business at Cedar Creek, Cass county; that by the terms of the…