Cole v. Harvey
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Story District Gourt. — Hon. W. D. Evans, Judge. Action to recover money alleged to be due to plaintiff from defendants under a written contract. On a trial to tbe court judgment was rendered in favor of defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
During the fall of 1906 plaintiff, a real estate agent acting for one Russell, a dealer in Texas lands, procured the defendants to go to Texas and look at certain lands with a view of making purchases thereof from said Russell. The plaintiff, as Russell’s agent,, showed various tracts of land to the defendants, who made some arrangement for the purchase of certain lands from Russell as the result of negotiations with him without receiving any contract or evidence of such purchase, except a receipt for checks to the amount of $1,000. On returning to Marion County, where they resided, and where…
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