Spangler v. Misner

The action is one of forcible entry and de-tainer. Therein the plaintiffs, claiming to be the owners of certain real estate in Warren County, Iowa, seek to secure possession thereof from the defendant in possession. The defendant, as the surviving joint tenant, vendee, by virtue of a certain contract of purchase entered into in 1941, claims the right to possession of said real estate. Plaintiffs claim that the defendant failed to perform said contract and that they gave due_ notice of forfeiture thereof in 1946, and followed this with a notice to quit. The defendant admitted the charged…