Lane v. Parsons
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Webster District Court. — HoN. B. P. Birdsaul, Judge. PlaiNTIEES commenced a suit in equity to* reform a deed made to them by defendants of an hotel property in the city of Port Dodge, and to recover the amount of a special assessment for curbing and guttering, levied against the property conveyed.
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Appeal from Webster District Court. — HoN. B. P. Birdsaul, Judge. PlaiNTIEES commenced a suit in equity to* reform a deed made to them by defendants of an hotel property in the city of Port Dodge, and to recover the amount of a special assessment for curbing and guttering, levied against the property conveyed. Defendants filed a counterclaim for the amount of an unearned premium for insurance upon the property, which, it is claimed, plaintiffs agreed to pay; and also for damages for deficiency in the number of acres in a tract of land they received from plaintiffs in exchange for the hotel…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemee, J.
-1 — Defendants, who were the owners of an hotel property, situated in the city of Fort Dodge, which was incumbered by mortgage in the sum of three thousand dollars, and against which a special assessment had been levied for the sum of four hundred and seventy-eight dollars, exchanged their property, including the *243furniture and fixtures, with plaintiffs, for certain farm lands situated in Olay county, Iowa, wbicb were also incumbered by mortgage for the sum of eight thousand dollars. Each of the parties assumed the payment of the mortgage upon the other’s property, and defendants paid…
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