Yearsley v. Ingram
Yearsley v. Ingram
Opinion of the Court
This was an action to recover the balance due plaintiff on a promissory note, dated August 26, 1910, given by defendants Ingram and Sbafer for tbe rent of a farm consisting of two sections of land in Red Willow county. Tbe note was signed by defendant Porter as a surety. Tbe petition was in tbe usual form, and gave tbe defendants credit for $710, which was duly indorsed on tbe note. Tbe prayer of tbe petition was for a judgment of $1,090, with interest. Tbe defendants, by their answers, admitted tbe execution of tbe note in question, but its delivery was not admitted. Tbe remainder of tbe answers are exceedingly voluminous, and will not be set forth in this opinion. It is sufficient to say that they alleged, in substance, that, in order to induce tbe defendants Ingram and Sbafer to lease tbe farm and execute tbe note, plaintiff represented to the defendant Ingram that tbe farm was composed of good black soil,
It is contended that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence. It appears that defendant Ingram visited the plaintiff at the farm in question on the 25th day of August, 1910, and after a cursory inspection agreed to lease it if his codefendant Shafer was satisfied. After returning to Indianola and talking with Shafer, Ingram called the plaintiff by telephone and told him to come in the next day to make the lease. Plaintiff went to Indianola on the following day, and the lease and note were executed. At the same time defendant Ingram executed and delivered to plaintiff a chattel mortgage to secure the payment of the note, and defendant Shafer procured defendant Porter to sign the note as surety. By the terms of the lease, which was introduced in evidence, defendants were to have the use of the farm from the 1st of March, 1911, to the 1st of
As to the alleged payment of the note in full by the delivery to the plaintiff of the live stock in question, defendant Ingram testified, in substance, to the statements contained in the answer. His testimony was denied by the plaintiff, and the memorandum Avritten by Ingram himself, by which the live stock was turned over by the plaintiff, reads as folloAvs: “This is to certify that I have sold to C. J. Yearsly the stock under morgage for $710 (seven hundred and ten) and privelege to run in pasture this fall. A. C. Ingram. Sept. 7, 1911.” The plaintiff testified that the value of the live stock which defendant Ingram turned over to him was to be indorsed on the note as part payment, and positively stated that there was never any agreement that the stock should be taken in full payment and satisfaction thereof. The indorsement on the
It is the contention of appellants that the court erred in not instructing the jury on the question of accord and satisfaction. That defense is not specifically pleaded in the answers. The record discloses, however, that the court, on its own motion, instructed the jury that, if they found from the evidence that the chattel property was turned over to the plaintiff at the agreed price of $710, and was to be taken'by him in full settlement and payment of the note, they should find for the defendants. This was a fair submission of the defendants’ theory of their defense, and was as favorable to them as the pleadings and evidence would warrant.
Defendants also set up a counterclaim for repairs. This was allowed by the jury, and, by a special finding, was deducted from the amount due on the note.
An examination of the instructions and of the entire record satisfies us that it contains no reversible error, and the judgment of the district court is
Affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Courtland J. Yearsley v. A. C. Ingram
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- Published