Sawyer v. Brossart
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. This is an action to enforce the specific performance of an alleged contract for the purchase of certain real estate, or for the recovery of damages for failure to perform, if it be found that the title of the property cannot be conveyed to the plaintiff. The cause being in equity, a trial was had to the court, and a decree was entered for the defendants. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrook, J.
The defendant John E. Brossart, a resident of Los Angeles, California, was the owner of the property in controversy, consisting of two business rooms in Iowa City. On the twenty-first day of September, 1883, a letter was received by the plaintiff from Brossart, the material part of which is as follows: “Yours at hand. You can have that building for thirty-five hundred dollars, or the two for $5,000. Let me hear from you at once.” On the next morning the plaintiff sent the following telegram:
“Iowa City, Iowa, September 21, 1883.
“ John F. Brossart, Los Angeles, California: Accept your offer for…
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