Keller v. Strong
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Decatur District Court. — Hon. H. M. Towner, Judge. The plaintiff conveyed to the defendant one hundred and forty acres of land August 28, 1898, and this action is brought to recover the balance of the consideration. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, T.
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2 *585The amended and substituted petition alleges a -sale of the land to defendant for four thousand two hundred dollars^ of which two thousand six hundred and thirty-one dollars had been paid, and asts judgment for the balance. The original petition, as an amendment, was thereafter filed, averring that the conveyance was made to Strong, with the oral understanding that he control the premises, exercise reasonable diligence to sell the same, and, out of the proceeds, pay *586certain, indebtedness of the plaintiff, and account for the balance; that he had sold it for three thousand five…
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