Olander v. Tighe

On March 15, 1892, the appellee herein filed a petition-in the district court of Cass county in which he alleged, in substance, that E. G. Nelson, one of the parties defendant, prior to the month of May, 1888, held a contract for conveyance to him by Eugene L. Reed and Josiah Bellows,, also of defendants, of a certain lot in Riverside addition to the city of Weeping Water, which lot was at that time unimproved and worth not to exceed $130; that plaintiff bought of Nelson an undivided one-half interest in the lot *345and they took possession and jointly erected a dwelling house and placed other…