McClanahan v. McKinley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wayne Circuit Court. Action to rescind a conveyance made in pursuance of a contract for an exchange of lands. The plaintiff conveyed to the ■ defendant an improved farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Wayne county for three hundred and twenty acres of unimproved land in Crawford county, and $100. He avers that he was induced to make the trade by the fraudulent representations of the defendant. Other facts are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from Wayne Circuit Court. Action to rescind a conveyance made in pursuance of a contract for an exchange of lands. The plaintiff conveyed to the ■ defendant an improved farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Wayne county for three hundred and twenty acres of unimproved land in Crawford county, and $100. He avers that he was induced to make the trade by the fraudulent representations of the defendant. Other facts are stated in the opinion. There was a decree for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
i fkatjduMentations:'6" contract. The plaintiff avers in his petition that the defendant represented that the land in Crawford county was of good quality and location; that it was of the value-$12.50 per acre, and that that was the prevail - pug price of lands in that locality. He also avers that the defendant made other “representations concerning the-lands, such as distance from a railroad station, mill, schools, amount of grass cut the year before,” etc.; but there is no averment as to what the representations were. Evidence was introduced to show that the defendant said that the land was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Parker v. MoultonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Bryan v. HitchcockSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
- Bondurant v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Iowa · 1867
- Longshore v. Jack & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1870
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