Patton v. Cook & Morgan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. H. E. Deemer, Judge. The plaintiff seeks by tbis action to set aside and cancel a bond for a deed of a certain lot in Council Bluffs. There was a full bearing on tbe merits, and a decree for tbe plaintiff. Tbe defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
The plaintiff was the owner of the lot in question. The defendants, Cook & Morgan, were real-estate agents. In the month of February, 1887, plaintiff authorized Cook & Morgan to sell said lot for two hundred and seventy-five dollars. The terms of sale were to be one-third cash and the balance payable in one year with interest at eight per cent, per annum. The purchaser was to execute a promissory note for the deferred payment. In a short time after this arrangement was made, Cook & Morgan notified the plaintiff that they had found a purchaser for the lot. Thereupon the plaintiff executed and…
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