Thompson v. Yousling
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Ida District Court. — M. E. Hutchison, Judge. Suit in equity by a vendor, for the specific performance of a contract for the purchase and sale of real estate. The defense is predicated upon a general denial, and upon allegations of false representations inducing the contract. Defendants also plead, by way of abatement, that plaintiff’s suit was prematurely brought. Decree went for the plaintiff, and the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
I. The contract was in writing. The subject-matter thereof was a farm of 240 acres, near Ida Grove. The agreed purchase price was $290 per acre. The contract was entered into in May, 1920, and was to be performed on March 1st following. The record is very voluminous. The evidence on the trial was directed largely.to two issues: (1) Whether the plaintiff complied with the contract on his own part; (2) whether the contract was induced by false repi*esentations.
It will not be practicable for us, within the appropriate limits of an opinion, to discuss the details of the evidence on these…
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