Bracken v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Floyd District Court. — IIon. C. H. Kelley, Judge. Action to recover damages in the sale of land ;• plaintiff claiming that the defendant was his agent and fraudulently procured him to make a deed to the agent, the agent concealing the fact that he had already procured a purchaser for plaintiff’s land in excess of the amount paid by defendant therefor.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
The plaintiff for cause of action states: That on or about September, A. D. 1909, and .prior thereto, under verbal contract, he employed the defendant, Geo. H. Jackson, to contract and sell a certain tract of real estate owned by this plaintiff and situated in Floyd county, Iowa, and described as follows: The S. E. *4 of section 36, township 97, range 17, and the S. W. 14 of section 31, except east thirty-eight acres in township 97, range 16, containing two hundred and fifty-seven acres more or less. That the defendant, Geo. H. Jackson, was to receive for commission in contracting and making…
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