Blythe v. Cummings
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cerro Gordo District Court. — Joseph J. Clark, Judge. Suit in equity for an accounting. Plaintiff’s petition was dismissed by the court as to the defendant Bowles, and a decree entered against the defendant Cummings, who alone appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
— I. The members of plaintiff firm, and the defendant Cummings, are attorneys residing at Mason City, Iowa. Plaintiff brings this action for an accounting, alleging in its petition, in substance, that, in January, 1916, plaintiff and defendant Cummings entered into an oral contract of partnership for the purchase, improvement, and sale of the NW% and the of the NE% of Section 15, Township 95, Range 20, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, each agreeing to pay one half of the purchase price over and above a mortgage to be executed thereon by defendant for the largest amount obtainable, together with one…
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- Goodman Manufacturing Co. v. Mammoth Vein Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1918
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