Hood v. Smith
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Union District Court. — Hon. R. C. Henry, Judge. Action in equity to set aside a contract for the sale of lands. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
I. Plaintiff and defendant, Estella C. Hood and Celesta A. Smith, are, respectively, the wives of J. C. Hood and H. M. Smith, and as, in the transaction which is the subject-matter of this action, the husbands were the agents and negotiators, in our consideration of the case we will refer to them as the parties, for convenience.
In February, 1887, the plaintiff owned one hundred and twenty acres of land in Union county, Iowa, on which there was a mortgage of two thousand dollars. The defendant Smith, at the same time, owned a half section of land in Custer county, Nebraska. Hood and Smith met…
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