Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1913 — PLAINTIFF HAD FORGOTTEN LETTER [ARTICLE]

PLAINTIFF HAD FORGOTTEN LETTER

Dixon & Co. Accepted Defendant Knapp’s Offer When Shown Letter They Overlooked. The case of Dixon & Company vs. John M. Knapp, was set for trial Thursday.. After 3* considerable wrangling among the attorneys the issues were-finally closed at about noor\. At this stage the defendants offered to allow judgment for SIOO, which was about one-fourth of the amount the plaintiff had claimed in its account, and the plaintiff accepted the offer and thus disposed of the case. The principal dispute between the parties was as to whether or not the plaintiff was liable to the defendant for about $220, as a rebate agreed by them to be paid to the defendant bn three automobiles which entered Wo theaccount. Certain letters wrrtfiMl by the plaintiff to the defendant were made exhibits th the defendant’s answers and were such as to support the defense, nd when the letters were produced and read Mr. Langelier, of Dixon & Co., said he had forgotten that any such letters had ever been written, and accepted the SIOO, which Mr. Knapp has been all the time willing ans ready to pay.