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Warren v. Chandler

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 15, 1896PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Keokuk District Court.— Hon. David Ryan, Judge. This action was commenced by D. Warren, plaintiff, and after the trial in the court below, he having departed this life, his administratrix was substituted as plaintiff.

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Appeal from Keokuk District Court.— Hon. David Ryan, Judge. This action was commenced by D. Warren, plaintiff, and after the trial in the court below, he having departed this life, his administratrix was substituted as plaintiff. In this action, each party alleges performance on his part of a certain written contract entered into between them on August 1, 1898, for an exchange of certain properties, and a failure upon .the part of the other party to perform said contract, wherefore each asks to recover damages of the other. The case was tried to a jury, and a verdict returned, and judgment…

1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.

I. By the terms of said contract, Warren sold to Chandler, sections 12-98-39, in Osceola county, Iowa, including one-third of the crop of 1893, at eighteen thousand four hundred dollars, including the rent, and the east-half of sections 18-98-38, Dickinson county, Iowa, including his share of the rent for 1893, at nine thousand six hundred dollars. Chandler assumed a mortgage on the section of eight thousand dollars, and on the half section, of two. thousand dollars, and was to convey to Warren certain lots in the town of Delta, Iowa, at six thousand dollars, and to give to him his stock of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Foley v. McKeeganSupreme Court of Iowa · 1856
  2. Kirkpatrick v. DowningSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
  3. Brownell & Co. v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
  4. Hervey v. SaverySupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
  5. Burnett v. LoughridgeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Fagan v. HookSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  2. Prichard v. MulhallSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  3. McNary v. McNarySupreme Court of Iowa · 1928
  4. Arentsen v. MorelandWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
  5. State v. PullenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961

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