Sears v. Flodstrom
Sears v. Flodstrom
Opinion of the Court
This is an action commenced in justice’s court for the recovery of a balance of account claimed to be due from the defendant to plaintiff. The plaintiff recovered in the justice’s court. An appeal was taken by the defendant to the district court, where the ease was tried de novo to a jury, and the plaintiff again recovered. From the latter judgment, as well as from the order of the district court denying a new trial, ■this appeal is taken.
The facts may be briefly summarized as follows: The plaintiff "in 1890. was running a meat market in the town of Gem, Shoshone county, Idaho, for the firm of Barger & Sears. At this time the defendant was the owner of a miners’ boarding-house in the said town, but was himself employed in the mines, and was renting his boarding-house to different persons — it would seem mostly, if not entirely, to women, who, being strangers in the camp or town, were without credit; and the defendant was in the habit of taking them to the market of said Barger & Sears, and introducing them, telling said Barger & Sears lo
While there is considerable conflict in the evidence, the jury-found — and, we think, properly — in favor of the plaintiff; and,, as is conceded by the appellant in his reply brief, the only question involved is the liability of defendant upon his promise,, as an original undertaking. That question being found by the jury, we are not inclined to disturb their finding. We have-examined carefully the. somewhat .numerous exceptions presented by the appellant, but are unable to say that any error appears in the record which would justify a reversal. The-order and judgment of the district court are affirmed, with, costs.
070rehearing
ON REHEARING.
On original hearing we gave this case more than ordinary consideration. The petition for rehearing presents nothing new, and the matters therein reiterated were fully considered by the court in the former opinion. Upon the only-question of importance, the request of the appellant to Barger & Sears to furnish Betsey Johnson meats, and charge to himself — an original promise, accepted and acted upon by Barger & Sears, and upon the faith of which the goods were sold and delivered — there was conflicting evidence, and the jury found for plaintiff. Under such circumstances, no other prejudicial error appearing, we will not disturb the verdict of the jury. A rehearing is denied.
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- ■Conflicting Evidence — Finding of Jury. — Where the sole question in a case is one of fact, and the evidence is conflicting, the finding of the jury will not be disturbed. “Original Promise to Pay for Goods Furnished Another — Not Within Statute of Frauds. — Defendant was proprietor of a meat market. Plaintiff was owner of a boarding-house, which he rented to a tenant, who was a woman and a stranger to plaintiff. Defendant introduced his tenant to plaintiff and requested him to let her have such meats as she required and charge the same to him. Held, that defendant was liable for balance of account for meats so delivered to the tenant of defendant; the promise being an original one, and not within the statute of frauds. (Syllabus by the court.)