Martin v. Davis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Chickasaw District Court. — Hon. W. A. Hoyt and L. E. Fellows, Judges. i Suit in equity to enjoin the defendant from trespassing on certain real estate. A .temporary injunction was allowed. A motion was made to dissolve •the injunction, which motion was overruled. Later on, another motion to dissolve was presented, and this last motion was stricken from the files on motion of the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Eothrock,0. J.
1 2 *7203 4 5 *719It appears from the petition for an injunction and the affidavits in support and resistance of said motions to dissolve that the plaintiff is the owner of a farm which he leases to tenants. On the ■eighth day of August, 1894, the plaintiff made and signed the following writing: “Elma, Iowa, 8-18, 1894. Agreement, this .is to sertify that I have rented my farm for the year 1895 for the sum of three hundred dollars payment to be stated in contract to the said James Davis. [Signed] Lawrence Martin.” No other written agreement was made, but, as the memorandum above…
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