Grimes v. Hamilton County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. Tuesday, October 21. The petition and the exhibits thereto set forth the following facts: That in the month of June, 1869, William Baker made a contract with defendant in which he agreed to perform certain labor for defendant, for the purpose of securing the indemnity due defendant from the government of the United States for lands sold by the government, which belonged to defendant under the law relating to swamp lands, and said Baker…
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Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. Tuesday, October 21. The petition and the exhibits thereto set forth the following facts: That in the month of June, 1869, William Baker made a contract with defendant in which he agreed to perform certain labor for defendant, for the purpose of securing the indemnity due defendant from the government of the United States for lands sold by the government, which belonged to defendant under the law relating to swamp lands, and said Baker undertook to prepare the claim of defendant, furnish all the necessary blanks, make the necessary proofs, and pay all…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
1. Swamp lands. I. The first point of the demurrer is that tie resolution of the board of supervisors of September 6, 18T0, and the acceptance of Baker, do not constitute such a contract as can be specifically performed. Under this assignment it is urged that the resolution of settlement, and acceptance of same by Baker, is, in a legal sense, no more than a verbal contract. If this should be admitted, it by no means follows that for that reason a specific performance of it cannot be enforced. There is no general rule of equity which inhibits the specific performance of parol contracts for the…
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