Hoyt v. Hoyt
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court. Action in equity to enforce the specific performance of a contract to convey real estate. The circuit court entered judgment in accordance with the prayer of the petition. Defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
The defendants, Stephen and Kate D. Hoyt, are husband and wife. The contract sought to be enforced was between plaintiff and defendant Stephen. The parties had been engaged in business for some years as partners, and the contract was entered into upon the dissolution of the firm, and was a settlement of the partnership business. By it plaintiff assumed the debts of the firm, and he agreed to surrender to Stephen Hoyt a promissory note for $1,000, which the latter had executed to him when the partnership was formed, and which was given for a one-half interest in the business, ■which had…
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