Howes v. Sutton

R. N. Howes, Sr., appellee in this case, brought suit for an accounting from L. F. Sutton, an attorney at Clinton, Iowa, and appellant herein, on dealings with said Sutton since 1916. The facts show that Mary Lou Howes transferred all her right, title and interest in 320 acres of land, more or less, situated in Alberta, Canada, to the defendant Sutton, who made a written agreement to pay to Mary Lou Howes one-half of all he received as profit on the said 320 acres, and to cancel a second mortgage he held. On May 3, 1919, Mary Lou Howes assigned this contract to Frank B. Howes, and on…