Stock v. Christle
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cedar Rapids Superior Court. — TIon. O. B. Bobbins, Judge. Action iu equity to reform the stipulations of a written contract of lease and for recovery of money alleged to have been overpaid as rent. Decree for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Weaver, J. —
In October, 1903, the defendant, by written lease, let to the plaintiff a certain farm or tract of land for a term of three years. The writing described the land as being in a certain named section on the east side of Cedar river, and as containing “about eighty-seven acres,” but did not describe it by metes and bounds, or *239designate what fractional part of the section it constituted. For the use of the leased premises, plaintiff undertook, according to the writing, to pay an “annual rental of $304.50” in specified installments. Under the lease plaintiff went into possession of the…
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