Sweney v. Davidson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Agypeal from Des Moines Circuit Court. Action in equity to foreclose two contracts whereby the plaintiff sold to the defendant Sarah J. Davidson two pieces of real estate, in the city of Burlington. There was a decree for the plaintiff, and the defendants appeal as to the ruling upon one of the contracts.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Oii. J.
i contractiyítíence considered. I. There are several grounds of controversy between these parties, but the principal one pertains ^ie as what payments have been ma(^e to the plaintiff. The defendants, Sarah J. Davidson and her husband, claim that they have paid the larger contract in full. The contract called for $2,775. They aver that they made a payment of $1,200 on the fourth day of January, 1884, and a payment of $1,200 *388on. tlie twenty-fourth day of January, 1884, and another payment of $375 on the same day. The plaintiff admits a payment of $1,200 on the twenty-fourth day…
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