Flynn v. Finch
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Washington District Qourt.— Hon. John T. Soott, Judge. Suit for reformation of a contract for tbe exchange of lands and for specific performance. The petition was dismissed, and the plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, C. J.
The parties hereto entered into a contract, by the terms of which defendants agreed to convey to plaintiffs three quarter sections of land in Sully county, S. D., and pay them $1,250, in consideration for which plaintiffs undertook to deed to defendants the W. % S. E. % S. W. section 8, township 77 N., range 6 W. of fifth P. M., in Washington county. This was on October 17, 1904. Since then defendants have disposed of one of the quarter sections in South Dakota, but the testimony that its market value was $8 per acre is undisputed.
1 Specific performance: abandonment. The defense interposed…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rathke v. TylerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Conner v. BaxterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- Butler v. ThrelkeldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
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