Longshore v. Jack & Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk Circuit Court. Action to recover damages for false representations in the sale of certain real estate by the defendants to plaintiff. Trial to a jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $450. The defendants appeal. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Cole, Ch. J.
The plaintiff’s petition and its several amendments state the cause of action substantially, that plaintiff purchased the land, eighty acres, of defendants; and that pending the pm’chase the defendants represented to and assured the plaintiff that there were on said land trees, standing, fallen and in tops, sufficient to make six hundred cords of wood that would be and was worth $1.75 per cord; that there were six acres of the standing trees; that said representations were false, and so known to be by defendants, and were relied upon by plaintiff. The answer was in denial.
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