Rasch v. Jensen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Shelby District Court. — Hon. N. W. Macy, Judge. Action to enforce specific performance of a contract to convey a tract of land. There was a decree for plaintiff, from which defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The plaintiff, having been appointed referee in a proceeding for the sale of a forty-acre tract of land, portion of the estate of a deceased person, entered into negotiations with defendant and one Christensen, in which it was agreed, as plaintiff alleges, that defendant should bid for the entire forty-acre tract at the sale, and, if he secured the property, should deed the north fifteen acres thereof to plaintiff and the west half of the remainder *276to Christensen, retaining the balance for himself. On January 20, 1906, which was soon after this alleged agreement was entered into, defendant…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kaufman v. CookIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
3Cited by2 opinions
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- State v. FadorSupreme Court of Iowa · 1936