Chamberlin v. Robertson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Geda/r District Gowrt. Action in chancery to enforce the specific performance of a contract to convey certain lands. Upon the final hearing a decree was rendered in accordance with the prayer of the petitioner. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
i. agent: ratiorandvlndes I contract. — I. The evidence discloses the following facts: The defendant, who resides in the State of Ohio, was the owner of certain lands in Cedar county. In Petpiary, 1867, he addressed a letter to IngmanJ& Bull who, before that time, were .partners in busifimRs real estate agents, informing them that he owned ofStundred and sixty acres of land in Cedar county whicSP^Mjiought of selling, and inquiring their terms for sel^Kg ÑifoL, and, in the language of the letter, “ collecting.*' and^lrosiDg up a sale.” Upon the receipt of this lettdr by Ingmau, he replied…
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