Gilbert v. Baxter
Supreme Court of Iowa
'Appeal from Pocahontas District Court. Action in equity for the specific performance of an alleged . contract for the sale and conveyance of real estate. The district court denied the relief demanded, and dismissed the petition. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
1. Agency: authority to sell land: ¡letters construed. The defendants J. & J. Stuart & Co. were the ^ owners of about 8,000 acres of land in Pocahontas county. They resided and carried on business in New ~r “ York city. A. O. Garlock resided in Pocahontas •' « county, and was engaged in business as a land agent. On the second day of June, 1881, he wrote to defendants the following letter: “Messrs. J. da J. Stuart da Co., New York — Gentlemen: I have a party that has some trust funds in his hands which he wishes to invest in land in N. W. Iowa, and I think your lands in this county will suit…
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