Eggert v. Smith Pratt
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wright District Court.— HoN. W. D. EvaNS, J ndge. ActioN in equity to enforce specific performance of contract to sell real estate. Decree for plaintiff as to an undivided one-third of the land, .and assessing damages against the defendant Helen E. Smith Pratt in the sum of one dollar. The plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
— ■ Helen E. Smith Pratt, being the owner of the undivided one-third of the land in question, and guardian of her minor daughter, who owned the other undivided two-thirds, entered into a written contract to convey the entire property to the plaintiff. In entering into the contract, plaintiff knew the condition of the title, and knew that a conveyance of the daughter’s interest could be had only by authority to be obtained from the court. Proceedings were afterward begun to obtain the necessary authority to make a conveyance, but were dismissed. It appears from *728the evidence, that about the-…
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