Erickson v. Sophy
Erickson v. Sophy
Opinion of the Court
This was an action to recover the balance due on sale of land. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.
On the trial the defendant was asked, in substance, as to what statement was made by Martin Erickson, the husband of
The defendant was also asked, in substance, if the credit he extended to Mr. and Mrs. Erickson was in accordance with the agreement between him and Mrs. Erickson. This question, on objection, was excluded, and we think properly, as it called for the conclusion of the witness upon the very matter in controversy, and not for any fact within the knowledge of the witness Whether or not the credit extended to Erickson could be deducted from the plaintiff’s clairmunder the agreement was the question the jury was called upon to determine by their verdict. The credit extended to the plaintiff was allowed and deducted.
Appellant further contends that the court erred in its instructions to the jury, but, after a careful examination, we are of the opinion that the court gave the jury the law correctly. It having been virtually conceded that there was a sum of $296, - 55 due the plaintiff, as a balance on the sale, the burden of proving that Mrs. Erickson consented that the credit extended to her husband might be deducted from the amount due her was upon the defendant. The court therefore very properly instructed the jury that if they found that the due bill introduced in evidence on the part of the defendant was the original due bill delivered to Mrs. Erickson, then the amount due the defendant from her husband should be allowed, or, in other words the plaintiff could not recover if the husband’s bill exceeded the balance claimed by the plaintiff; but if the jury found that the due bill offered in evidence by the defendant was not the original due bill delivered to the plaintiff, but that her due bill was in the ordinary form, she was entitled to recover, without regard to the state of the account between the defendant and her husband.
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- 1. When the evidence is conflicting, the supreme court will not weigh the same, or go further than to see that there is sufficient legal evidence to support the verdict. 2. Error in the exclusion of evidence is cured by its subsequent admission. 3. Where the defense to plaintiff’s cause of action, is the value of goods furnished plaintiff’s husband, which defendant claimed plaintiff agreed might be deducted from her claim, defendant, over plaintiff’s objection, should not be permitted to testify as to whether credit extended plaintiff and husband was in accordance with the agreement between him and plaintiff, since it calls for the witness’s conclusion. • 4. It was conceded that the sum of money sued for at one time was due plaintiff, for which defendant gave a due bill, which plaintiff claimed was lost. Held, not error to charge that, if the due bill was in the ordinary form, plaintiff should recover, since the ordinary form of a due bill is the mere acknowledgment of a debt in writing, where the defense was based on a special provision claimed to be in the due bill.