Bremhorst v. Phillips Coal Co.

This action is for damages predicated on the breach of an alleged contract .between plaintiff and defendant. In brief, the plaintiff pleads that it was agreed that the defendant was to execute to plaintiff a quitclaim deed for. rights to coal and minerals .underlying 27.219 acres of land,’ located outside the city limits of Ottumwa, Iowa, for a consideration of $100, of which $50 was paid to the defendant at the time of the agreement, and that, then and there, the defendant signed the following written instrument, known in the record as Exhibit.G, to wit:

‘ ‘ $50. Ottumwa, Iowa, May 19, 1919.

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