Moetzel v. Koch
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — HoN. JAMES W. BOL-LINGER, Judge. Action in equity for specific enforcement of an alleged oral contract for the sale of real estate. Decree for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeavee, J.
The evidence tends to show that in the forenoon of. April 7, 1902, a member of the plaintiff firm and defendant met in a saloon in the city of Davenport, where, with the assistance of one Carroll, a real estate agent, and others gathered about the same table, a verbal agreement was entered into by which defendant was to convey to the plaintiffs a certain improved lot in said city at the price of $25,000, of which sum $5,000 was to be paid in cash on the execution of the papers, and the remainder, with interest at .five per cent., to be secured by mortgage upon the property, payable in five or…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Smith v. ShepherdSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- Clark v. MaurerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1889
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