McDole v. Purdy
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jackson District Court. Evidence: handwriting: fraud: defrauded vendor entitled to lien in equity. — Plaintiff exchanged with defendants (husband and wife) certain property in Iowa, for certain property in Wisconsin, owned by the defendants, the title to which was in Eliza Purdy, wife of George Purdy.
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Appeal from Jackson District Court. Evidence: handwriting: fraud: defrauded vendor entitled to lien in equity. — Plaintiff exchanged with defendants (husband and wife) certain property in Iowa, for certain property in Wisconsin, owned by the defendants, the title to which was in Eliza Purdy, wife of George Purdy. The plaintiff claims that .the defendants misrepresented the quality and character of the Wisconsin land (166 acres in Buffalo county, in that State), and that by reason of the fraud of the defendants in the representa^ tions as to the quality, situation, character and value of said…
1Opinion of the CourtDillon, J.
i. vendou and iand ex-' change: fraudulent representations: char-relief. This cause was very fully argued at bar, and the voluminous testimony has been carefully examined and considered. The result of this examinatiou on the part of the court is that, with res- . . _ pect to the finding ot tacts, it concurs m the x ' 0 .. . ... report ot the reteree, with one exception, but that exception is the vital question m the case.-
*282• Taking the whole evidence together, it is plain beyond reasonable controversy, that the defendant, George Purdy, acting for himself and wife, and with the knowledge of the…
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