Cody v. Wiltse
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monona District Court.— Hon. Wm. Hutchinson, Judge. Action in equity to quiet title to real estate. There was a decree in favor of plaintiff, as against defendant G. II. Wiltse by default, and as against defendant E. F. Short after trial upon issues joined. The defendant Short appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtBishop, J.
In June, 1902, plaintiff, a resident of Monona county, and then the owner of the lands in ques-. tion, and the defendants Wiltse and Short, then residents of Greene county, entered into a contract in writing in respect of such lands, the material provisions thereof being as follows :
The first party [Cody] had bargained and hereby sells and agrees to convey by warranty deed on or before March 1, 1903, to said parties of the second part [Wiltse and Short] the following described real estate [describing the lands in question]. The said second parties agree to purchase the real estate described'…
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