Zundelowitz v. Webster

I. Plaintiff claims that on May 7,, 1894, he and defendant E. T. Webster entered into a parol agreement by the terms of which he purchased from Webster a part of a lot in New Hampton, Iowa, for the agreed price of nine hundred and thirty-five •dollars, ten dollars of which was then paid, and the balance was to be paid on May 8, 1894, on the delivery of the deed; that of the entire consideration thus to be paid, plaintiff was to pay a mortgage of six hundred dollars, which was on the property and the balance in cash; that on May 8, 1894, he offered to pay Webster *588the balance of the purchase…