O'Meara v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jones District Court. — Hon. F. O. Ellison, Judge. Petition to cancel contract of sale was dismissed, and decree of specific performance thereof entered as prayed. The plaintiffs appeal.'
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The plaintiffs, who reside in Oklahoma City, Okla., own one hundred and twenty acres of land in Jones county subject to a railroad right of way. Mrs. O’Meara has been looking after this land in her own interest and that of *449her children, the other plaintiffs, and in 1911 proposed to defendant Lawrence, who had attended to the renting of the land for her, that he find a purchaser. On May 12, 1911, she wrote that: ‘ ‘ If you make a sale I want $8,400 clear of everything. You work to get your commission over that amount and let me hear from you.” On June 24th following, she wrote: “If you can get…
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