Lockman v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal fpom Monroe District Court. — Hon. Robert Sloan, J udge. Action for specific performance of contract to convey real property. Defense that the contract was procured by fraud, and also that plaintiff had failed to comply with the terms of the contract. Decree dismissing plaintiff’s petition, from which he appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
McClain, J.- —
1 The written contract under which plaintiff claims was executed February 18, 1900, and was in the following words: “For value received, I hereby agree to sell to Tom D. Lockman my two-story brick building, on the north side of the square, Albia, Iowa, known as the “Koontz Building,’ for the consideration of $5,500; this being upon the condition that the said Tom D. Lockman desires to buy the same by the first of March, 1900. If he should, I agree to make a deed and assign leases of the property to him for said amount; but, if he should not desire to buy, this contract to be…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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