Kavalier v. Machula
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Tama District Court. — Host. John L. Stevems, Judge. . This is an action in equity, brought for the cancellation of an agreement in regard to real estate, to quiet title, and for an accounting. A decree was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The petition alleges that in the year 1807 the plaintiff, Joseph Kavalier, purchased the one hundred and twenty acres of land therein described; that he paid down one-fourth of the purchase price, and gave his note for the remainder; that theraU'ter the plaintiffs, who were then, and are now, husband and wife, improved said land, erected thereon a dwelling-house, and made it their homestead ; that, while it was their homestead, the plaintiff, Joseph Kavalier, alone, made an oral agreement with Ms son Joseph, whereby the latter was to become the owner of the land, upon condition that he should…
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