Scott v. Habinck
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monona District Gowrt. — J. W. Anderson, Judge. Action in equity for specific performance of a contract for tbe sale of real estate. There was a decree for plaintiff, and the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
1. Specific performance : contracts en-forcible : sufficiency of evidence. Plaintiff’s claim is that he and defendants, on March 16, 1917, entered into a written contract for the sale by defendant to plaintiff, acting for himself and C. 0. Jacobson, John R. Welch, and W. H. Leathers, of 480 acres of land near Mapleton, in Monona County, Iowa, at the agreed price of $100 per acre; that $4,000 was paid down on the contract; that there was to be a further payment of $12,000 on March 1, 1918, and the balance was to be paid .by plaintiff’s assuming and agreeing to pay *157a mortgage of $32,000, wbieb…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Healy v. HohnSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
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