Barr v. Butler
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court — R. G. Albert, Judge. Aotion for damages for false representátions in the sale of land. The defense was a general denial. There was a verdict for the plaintiff for $1,750. From the judgment entered thereon, the defendant has appealed. —
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
I. On June 21, 1918, the plaintiff by written *576contract purchased from the defendant a farm of 70 acres in Pottawattamie County, at $150 per acre. The negotiations for the purchase were initiated by herself, and the first thereof were had with the witness Caster, who was a real estate broker and agent, and who was a friend and relative of the plaintiff’s: The land had not been listed with Caster, nor had he at that time any agency for the sale thereof. She expressed to him a wish to purchase a small farm. Lands were moving in that county at that time at advancing prices, and she proposed to…
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