Gnash v. George
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Van Buren District Court. This is an action in equity to establish and enforce a vendor’s lien for the unpaid balance of the purchase price of real estate. The court granted the plaintiff the relief sought. The defendants appeal. The material facts áre stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Day, J
1. VENDOR’S lien : waiver of: burden of proof. I. In February, 1876, the plaintiff sold to the defendant D. W. George a tract of land known as Gnash’s homestead, and also a lot in Gnash’s addition to the town of Milton. In the deed for this property the name of D. W. George was originally written as grantee, but, before the deed 'was executed, his name was erased, and the name of his wife, Margret George, was inserted. The purchase price of the property was $1,800, for which the defendants deeded to plaintiff two lots in Pulaski, Iowa, valued at $600, and the defendant D. W. George,…
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