Warren v. Crew
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clinton District Court. An action of right to recover possession of lot nine, in block eighteen, in the town of Lyons, this State, in which defendant, Crew, proved the successful party by an equitable defense set up in his cross-bill. Warren appeals
1Opinion of the Court
Lowe, Cli. J.
1. Action of right : equitable defense.
In substance the case made by the defendant in his cross-bill is this: He claims that, in the fall of 1852, one Dennis Lilley purchased said lot . ' , __ ■ . of Dennis Warren (the brother and alleged vendor of the plaintiff) for the sum of fifty dollars, payable in three months, with ten per cent interest. He is not clear that the contract of purchase was reduced to writing; if it was, the same is lost, or has been destroyed by Dennis Warren; that it was placed in the hands of one James Haslett, of Lyons, for safe-keeping, who was the agent…
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