Jackson v. Rowley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. Scott M. Ladd, Judge. Action in equity to compel the defendant to execute and deliver a deed for certain lands to the plaintiffs, and to enjoin the defendant from disposing of or incumbering said lands. There was a decree for the defendant, and the plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
The following facts are either admitted in the pleadings, or satisfactorily established on the trial:
The plaintiffs, Byam & Jackson,.are real estate agents in Sioux City, Iowa, and owned an equity in *185certain lots in Highland Park addition to that city. This property was mortgaged to one Leighton Wynn, as trustee, for two hundred dollars per lot. Prior to August, 1889, W. H. and De Ette H. Porter, his wife, had traded for a large number of the lots referred to, taking them from Byam & Jackson subject to the incumbrance of two hundred dollars per lot. The Porters at this time owned two other…
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