Beckman v. Kitchen

NEUMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a district court’s order for specific performance of a real estate contract. The court held the parties to the bargain they struck, and entered an award of attorney fees to cover the buyer’s expense of enforcing it. We affirm the district court’s judgment and remand for an additional award of appellate attorney fees.

Michael Beckman offered to buy, and Dorothy Kitchen agreed to sell, the following real estate located in Howard County, Iowa:

Lot One (1) in Lot A and Lot C of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of…