Wokoun v. Jameson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Black Smok District Court. — H. B. Boies, Judge. This is an action in equity, by which plaintiff seeks to rescind a contract and to set aside and cancel 140 promissory notes, aggregating the sum of $14,000, of which, 128 notes were given by plaintiff to defendant G. H. Jameson, and 12 notes were given to E. J. Hanna, as part payment in the purchase of 35 vacant town lots in the city of Waterloo; and to recover the sum of $10,000, advanced payments made in said…
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Appeal from Black Smok District Court. — H. B. Boies, Judge. This is an action in equity, by which plaintiff seeks to rescind a contract and to set aside and cancel 140 promissory notes, aggregating the sum of $14,000, of which, 128 notes were given by plaintiff to defendant G. H. Jameson, and 12 notes were given to E. J. Hanna, as part payment in the purchase of 35 vacant town lots in the city of Waterloo; and to recover the sum of $10,000, advanced payments made in said purchase, and interest and taxes since paid by plaintiff. Plaintiff claims that the contract under which said notes were…
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, C. J.
Plaintiff resides at Cedar Bapids, and is cashier of a bank there. Prior to the transaction in question, defendant Soash was indebted to plaintiff upon a note in the sum of $8,000 and interest. It is alleged that, about March 13, 1914, defendant Soash requested plaintiff to go to Waterloo, stating that he had a deal on with W. B. Jameson by which the Soash indebtedness to plaintiff could be paid as part consideration in the purchase of town lots in Waterloo ; that thereafter, on March 18th, plaintiff went to Waterloo and met Soash and Wl B. Jameson, and a schedule was produced, giving the…
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