19 Iowa 112 | Iowa | 1865
& C., Am. Law Beg., 1865, April No., where the authorities
It charged, in substance, that the plaintiff was prima facie entitled to recover (if at all) the nominal par amount of the draft in suit; that to reduce this amount the burden was in the defendant to establish two things: 1st. That the word “ currency ” had acquired a local, secondary or peculiar meaning among business men, and others; 2d. That the plaintiff knew of this special or acquired meaning, and accepted the draft with reference thereto.
It appears that some time in. May, 1861, one Smith bought hogs of the plaintiff, 'a farmer, and gave him a check on the defendant, payable in Chicago exchange.” Against this, or for this, the draft in suit was drawn; and this, and not the check of Smith, measured and governed the rights and liabilities of the parties. The-' court did not err, therefore, in refusing to charge, at the defendant’s instance, that the plaintiff was bound to know what “ Chicago exchange ” meant. Except as bearing upon the plaintiff’s knowledge .of the alleged special meaning of
Affirmed.