GRANTHAM v. POTTHOFF-ROSENE CO.

No. 51499.

131 N.W.2d 256 (1964)

Milton V. GRANTHAM, Appellant, v. POTTHOFF-ROSENE CO., a Partnership composed of Carl H. Potthoff, Sr., Carl H. Potthoff, Jr., and Edward A. Potthoff, and Carl H. Potthoff, Sr., Carl H. Potthoff, Jr., and Edward A. Potthoff, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garten, Lindel & Garten and John E. Landess, Des Moines, for appellant.

Wilson, Maley & Stamatelos, W. Des Moines, for appellees.


THOMPSON, Justice.

In the case at bar the defendants pleaded too much, and proved too little. Their case suffers, and dies, from a plethora of pleading and a paucity of proof. While several errors are assigned and several points are argued in the briefs, we find the first assigned error to be of controlling importance. It is thus stated: "1. The trial court erred when it found the verified pleadings of the defendants-appellees were of so little consequence that oral...

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