74 Mo. 74 | Mo. | 1881
This is a suit on a contract, by which plaintiff agreed to purchase hogs in Iowa, (not exceeding 10,000,) at current market prices, for defendant, who was to pay him twenty-five cents per head commission, and all expenses incurred by plaintiff in keeping said hogs and driving them from the place of purchase to the town of Lenox. Stating the contract, the petition avers, that in November and December, 1874, and in January and February, 1875, plaintiff purchased and delivered to defendant 797 hogs, which cost $11,591.90, at current prices, and that he expended $116 in caring for and delivering them at Lenox, and that his commission amounted to $199.25. Making a total of $11,907.15. It then alleges that plaintiff received from defendant drafts on Fisher & Daily, as follows: November 16th, 1874, $2,000; November 20th, (about) $1,000; November 22nd, (about) $1,000; November 25th, 1874, cash by Hancock, $500; December 6th,
It is evident from the record, that all the issues made by the ^leadings were found for defendant, except in regard to the $o00 draft, for which plaintiff claimed a credit. On the face of the petition, it is impossible to discover on what ground that claim is made. He charges himself with six drafts and $500 cash, aggregating $14,700, neither of which drafts embraces the $500 draft in question, and'nothing isal-. leged to show any connection of defendant with or liability for it. The evidence does not clearly show upon what ground the plaintiff places the demand. He says that on the 8th day of December, 1874, he drew through the bank of Mt. Ayr, on Eisher & Daily, for collection at Bedford bank, two drafts, one for $2,000, and the other for $1,000, but meeting the defendant, it was agreed that $2,500 would answer plaintiff’s purpose and the rnmn defendant placed to plaintiff’s credit in the Mt. Ayr oank $2,500, and drew a draft on plaintiff for $500, and afterward the cashier of