Garner v. Johns
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. — E. B. Woodruff, Judge. Action for damages consequent on alleged misrepresentation of land resulted in judgment against defendant, from which he appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1. Fraud : fraudulent representations : reliance : negligence : governmental descriptions revealing truth: effect. The plaintiffs are husband and wife, and owned 320 acres of land in Colorado, incumbered with a mortgage of $2,132.50, and Mrs. Garner, a house and lot in Missouri Valley, subject to a loan of $400. The defendant held a contract for the purchase of the W% SE14 of Section 30, in Township 80 North, of Range 43 West of the 5th P. M., executed by Frazier to Unmack, and by the latter assigned to him, on which there was owing $5,040. An even exchange was made, in pursuance of a written…
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- City National Bank v. MasonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
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