Eastman v. Defrees

The plaintiffs were the owners of a mansion-type house, in the city of Des Moines, which had^been converted into seven apartments. On October 1, 1941, they entered into a contract to sell the house to the defendant H. L. DeFrees. There were actually two contracts executed by the parties on this date, identical in form.and differing only in the amount of consideration. Without delving too deeply into the confusing financial dealings of these parties, it is enough to say that the second contract, with the increased consideration, was made necessary because DeFrees received a portion of the…