Hayne v. Cook

Plaintiff, in seven counts, brought this suit in equity for specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of residentially-improved real estate in Des Moines, Iowa. Defendant Cook and his agent and attorney, Blair, of Davenport, Iowa, who we shall refer to herein as the “trustee”, held the legal title to the real estate. Defendant Hansen was made a party because of an alleged subsequent contract with the trustee for the purchase of the real estate.

Defendants both denied the existence of any contract with the plaintiff, counterclaimed for a decree quieting their title as against the…