Hall v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mills District Court. — Hon. George Carson, Judge. This-- is an action of forcible detainer, which was originally brought before a justice of the peace, where there was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for defendant. The plaintiff appealed to the district court, where a trial was had without a jury, and a like judgment was rendered. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
On the twenty-first day of December, 1886, the plaintiff, by a written contract signed by the parties, leased to the defendant a quarter section of land for one year. At the same time the parties entered into another written contract, by which the defendant had the right to purchase the land at the expiration of the lease, upon certain terms named in the contract. By the last-named contract the defendant was required to make his election to purchase the land on the twenty-first day of December, 1887 ; that being the date of the expiration of the lease. The election was to be made by executing…
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