Legal Opinion

Northrup v. Miles Homes, Inc. of Iowa

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 21, 1973No. 55147PublishedCited by 107 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

Law action tried to jury on causes of action arising out of a pre-cut home sale. Following judgments on plaintiffs’ verdicts defendants appeal and we affirm.

In 1968 plaintiffs Oliver J. Northrup (Oliver) and Klara Northrup (Klara), husband and wife, lived on a 60 acre tract they were purchasing on contract near Ely, in Linn County, Iowa. Both had only a seventh grade education. Klara came from Ukraine, Soviet Russia. She was in a concentration camp for three and one-half years, arriving in the United States in 1946. Oliver had been employed by a utility company for 16…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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  5. Claude v. Weaver Construction CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1968

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3Cited by107 opinions

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