Lowrey v. Shaffer
Lowrey v. Shaffer
Opinion of the Court
The defendant in error brought an action against the plaintiff in error to recover for wheat which he alleges he sold and delivered during the years 1884 and 1885 to an agent • of the plaintiff in error, at Alma, Nebraska. In the first count of the petition the plaintiff below alleges that, about the 3d day of September, 1884, he sold and delivered to John E. "Ware, an agent of the defendant below, 354 bushels and 10 lbs. of wheat, at 75 cents per bushel; that Ware paid the plaintiff below the sum of $75 thereon, and no more, and that there still remains due
The testimony tends to show that, during the years-mentioned, Ware purchased a considerable quantity of wheat from Shaffer. The testimony also tends to show that'this wheat was shipped to the plaintiff in error at Lincoln. It also appears that after Ware ceased to be agent for plaintiff in error, he was arrested on the charge-of embezzlement, made by the plaintiff in error. A number of witnesses testified that, on the hearing on that charge,. Ware stated that he had paid Shaffer for the wheat. This prosecution was afterwards dropped, and the facts seem to-have been introduced for the purpose of affecting Ware’s-credibility. Shaffer in his deposition states that the first wheat was sold in the year 1883. This is clearly a mistake, however, as the other testimony shows the sale to-have taken place in the year 1884. There is also some dispute as to the value of wheat at Alma during the years named, the plaintiff in error contending that the price was from 35 to 46 cents per bushel at that time. There is no ■proof on the part of the plaintiff below as to the value of wheat at Alma at the time indicated, but the testimony on his behalf tends to show that Ware purchased Shaffer’s crop in the year 1884 at 75 cents per bushel, and in the year 1885 at 65 cents per bushel. There is no proof as to-
Judgment affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Thomas W. Lowrey, in error v. Frank Shaffer, in error
- Status
- Published