122 Iowa 18 | Iowa | 1903
Ihe action is on an alleged contract for the sale of certain ice stored in defendant’s icehouse at Dakota City. At the time of the making of the contract of sale, if one was 'made, plaintiff resided at Humbolt, which adjoins Dakota Oily, and defendant at Evans, Minnesota, and plaintiff sought to make out the alleged con
A further consideration occurs to us as being important. The offer made by defendant to plaintiff on Saturday, and received by plaintiff on Sunday morning, did
Further, if it should be contended-that plaintiff’s telegram of August 20th was an offer to purchase, and not to act as agent, still the sale to plaintiff was not valid, as-
The view .we take as to the proper interpretation of the correspondence as bearing on the question whether or not plaintiff was the agent of defendant for the sale of this ice, makes it unnecessary to consider any other question. The judgment of the lower court is aeeirmed.