Hoger v. Hart
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Floyd District Court. — Hon. C. H. Kelley, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for breach of contract to sell real estate. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, C. J.
The appellant was for many years the owner in fee of a tract of about eleven acres of unplatted land within the limits of Charles City, Iowa. With her husband, Oliver W. Hart, she used and occupied the land as a homestead until some months prior to the alleged transaction in this case, when they removed to and occupied another residence in the same city. Whether such removal was an abandonment of the. homestead is one of the material issues in this case. The petition alleges that on or about December 30, 1908, the defendant, with her husband, entered into an oral agreement to sell and convey…
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