Ferrier v. Storer
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cero Gordo Cvreuit Court. Action upon an account. The defendant pleaded a general denial. He also, by way of counter-claim, pleaded tbat the plaintiff was indebted to him for interest on money loaned, for the use of certain land, for money paid to remove an incumbrance from land purchased of plaintiff, for labor and lumber furnished plaintiff, and for an overpayment for land.
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Appeal from Cero Gordo Cvreuit Court. Action upon an account. The defendant pleaded a general denial. He also, by way of counter-claim, pleaded tbat the plaintiff was indebted to him for interest on money loaned, for the use of certain land, for money paid to remove an incumbrance from land purchased of plaintiff, for labor and lumber furnished plaintiff, and for an overpayment for land. There was a trial to a jury, and verdict and judgment were rendered for the defendant for $208.65. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
1. Contract by Letter: proposal and acceptance: facts constituting. I. The first question arises upon an instruction pertaining to interest charged plaintiff by defendant. The interest charged is for $300, alleged to have keen loaned to plaintiff by defendant on the 29th day of May, 1871. The defendant denies the loan. The undisputed fact is that the plaintiff *486liad that sum in his hands at that time, which the defendant had sent him to invest in land. Not finding an immediate opportunity to make such investment, the plaintiff wrote to the defendant, proposing to borrow it and pay him ten per…
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