John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Behr

I agree that the decree should be affirmed but I am not in accord with all of the reasons stated in the foregoing opinion for such affirmance.

Tbe opinion implies that tbe contract between tbe plaintiff and the Browns was an option and not a completed contract of sale. In determining whether a particular transaction constitutes an option or a completed contract of sale, many difficult questions of interpretation arise. This is demonstrated by the opinions of this court in the cases of Gompert v. Frost, 188 Iowa 1039, 177 N. W. 71; Rampton v. Dobson, 156 Iowa 315, 136 N. W. 682, 3 A. L. R. 569;…