Ragsdale v. Turner
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. James A. Howe, Judge. This is au action in equity asking the reformation of a real estate contract and tbe recovery of money alleged to have been overpaid for said property. There was a decree for the'plaintiff, from which the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Sherwin, J. —
The defendant was the owner of the east two-thirds of lot 2, block 25, of the original town of Ft. Des Moines, and the plaintiff was negotiating the purchase Of said property. The petition alleged that an oral *605contract was entered into between the plaintiff and W. L. Ryan, attorney for the defendant, whereby the plaintiff agreed to pay $16,000 for said property. Such payment was to be made by plaintiff assuming a mortgage on said property owned by the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa and paying the 1906 taxes and the balance in cash. The deal had not been closed when the…
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