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9 Iowa 373

Holt v. Smith

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 20, 1859

Supreme Court of Iowa · decided 1859-10-20

ACTION to recover rent due on a written lease. The defendant answered that the plaintiff was to make repairs, and do certain work on the premises, which was a condition precedent to the lease taking effect, and that he did not perform in this respect.

Decided 1859-10-20

Woodward, J.

¶1As the rule under which the court appears to have acted is not set out, nor the substance given, we are not able to determine whether there is error in the rejection of the answer. The presumption is that the court acted correctly. The want of a replication cannot, as contended by the defendant, have the effect of causing the answer to be taken as true, whilst the motion to reject is pending.

¶2The defendant then assigns as error the rendition of judgment at the October term, 1858, he claiming that the cause came under the act of 22d March, 1858, (Acts 1858, page 249,) and should have been continued one term. That was the first term after the commencement of the action. We have held in several cases, that the party should ask for a continuance, and that this will not be ordered, as of course, without motion.

¶3The judgment is affirmed.

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