Wilson v. Riddick
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Buena Vista District Court. — Hon. Lot Thomas, Judge. The parties, Wilson & Riddick, entered into a written agreement for the exchange of real estate, the plaintiff to pay the difference in values. Deeds were to be placed in escrow to await the completion of the transaction. Plaintiff’s deed was placed in the First National Bank of Storm Lake, which bank is a party defendant.
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Appeal from Buena Vista District Court. — Hon. Lot Thomas, Judge. The parties, Wilson & Riddick, entered into a written agreement for the exchange of real estate, the plaintiff to pay the difference in values. Deeds were to be placed in escrow to await the completion of the transaction. Plaintiff’s deed was placed in the First National Bank of Storm Lake, which bank is a party defendant. Plaintiff brings this action, representing a breach of the contract for the exchange of the lands, and asks an injunction to restrain the defendant bank from delivering the deed, and that the contract be set…
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
I. The facts- essential to a conclusion are quite extended. They were found by the district court, and, slightly modified, they are without dispute. They are as follows:
“(1) On the thirtieth day of July, 1894, the plaintiff and the defendant T. K. Riddick entered into a written contract by which said defendant agreed to sell to the plaintiff certain tracts of land, situated in Fayette county, Tenn., civil district No. 4, and described as follows: The Boyd place, containing six hundred and *699ninety acres; the Watkins place, containing eight hundred and four acres; the Hall place, containing six…
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