Shuler v. Dutton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Grundy District Court. — Hon. C. P. Couch, Judge. Action to establish plaintiff ’ s ownership of certain personal property, and to reform a written contract for the sale thereof by the defendant to the plaintiff. The relief asked was granted, and the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, C. J.
— The defendant and one Yatter were partners, and as such owned a livery stock consisting of horses, buggies, etc., and also a barn, stallion, and certain moneys due them for the service of the latter. The plaintiff claims to have purchased said property. He claims that the contract was oral, but was reduced to writing, and that the writing does not in *156specific and apt terms describe the property so that it can be identified. He further claims, however, that the property can, by parol evidence in aid of the writing, be accurately ascertained, and, this being done, he asks that his title…
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