Akkerman v. Gersema

Plaintiff, Wayne E. Akkerman, in a declaratory judgment proceeding brought May 12, 1965, sought to construe a written lease entered into between himself and the defendants, Donald Gersema and Mervin W. Hoke, and to recover from defendants the sum of $1600 as unpaid rent for the months of April and May 1965, on premises in Webster City, Iowa, used for a' bowling and restaurant business. Defendants’ resistance admitted the execution of the lease, but alleged it was entered into by mutual mistake or by the mistake of defendants and the fraud of plaintiff in concealing knowledge thereof. By…