Mitchell v. Moore
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Washington District Court. Suit in equity to set aside a contract for lands and to cancel deeds executed The plaintiff was the owner of lot 4, block 24, in Washington, Iowa; and the defendants were owners (the legal title being in the wife, Annette Moore), of the E. £ of S. E. -J- of Sec. 9, T. 72, R. 29 W., and N. E. J of S. E. J of Sec. 32, T. 73, R. 29 W., in Union county, Iowa.
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Appeal from Washington District Court. Suit in equity to set aside a contract for lands and to cancel deeds executed The plaintiff was the owner of lot 4, block 24, in Washington, Iowa; and the defendants were owners (the legal title being in the wife, Annette Moore), of the E. £ of S. E. -J- of Sec. 9, T. 72, R. 29 W., and N. E. J of S. E. J of Sec. 32, T. 73, R. 29 W., in Union county, Iowa. The exchange was made in July, 1865, the plaintiff giving his house and lot for the defendants’ lands and $200; the deeds were made and money paid at the time of the exchange. The defendant T. B. MoOre…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The plaintiff exchanged his house and lot in Washington, with defendants, for their land in Union county. The defendant T. B. Moore had actual knowledge of the location and quality of the lands, having then recently been upon and examined them. The plaintiff was induced by defendant to make the exchange, relying upon his representations as to the situation, quality and value of the lands. The plaintiff had no knowledge whatever as to them. Shortly after the trade, the plaint*396iff took a wagon load of his household goods and went from Washington, Iowa, to the-lands in Union county, with the view…
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