Borden v. Isherwood
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal fromLinn District Ccmrt. — How. W. G. Thompson, ' Judge. AotioN to recover a commission for the sale of land. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSheRwin, J.
In his petition the plaintiff alleges an oral agreement to sell the defendant’s land, and that the terms of the sale finally made by him were arranged by letters between them. He sets out what he claims to have been the substance of the letters written to the defendant by him, stating also that neither the originals nor copies thereof were in his possession, and the defendant’s letters to him in full. The petition was filed in October, 1900, and the trial had in August, 1901. In his answer the defendant admits receiving letters from the plaintiff of the number and date stated in the petition,…
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