Supreme Court of Iowa February 10, 1903 (McArthur v. Board)

Weaver, J.

The plaintiffs’ petition states a case in substance as follows: On the 28th of September, 1898, the plaintiffs and defendants, with others (thirty in all), entered into a written contract with McLaughlin Brothers for the purchase of a stallion, said contract being in the following words: “Mason City, Iowa, September 24, 1898. Name of Stallion, Reseda, No. 2,074.