Lucas v. Crippen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Adams District Court. — Hon. John W. Harvey, Judge. The transaction out of which this action arose was an exchange by plaintiff with defendant R. A. Crippen of certain real estate in the state of California for real estate and personal property in this state. The California property consisted of an undivided two-thirds of fifty-nine lots in the city of Los Angeles, 357 acres of land near Santa- Monica, and 1,680 acres in Antelope valley.
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Appeal from Adams District Court. — Hon. John W. Harvey, Judge. The transaction out of which this action arose was an exchange by plaintiff with defendant R. A. Crippen of certain real estate in the state of California for real estate and personal property in this state. The California property consisted of an undivided two-thirds of fifty-nine lots in the city of Los Angeles, 357 acres of land near Santa- Monica, and 1,680 acres in Antelope valley. The Iowa real estate consisted of a large number of lots in the town of Corning, a number of tracts of land in Adams county, and twenty-nine lots…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, C. J.
— The negotiation which led to the exchange was entered into about the first of February, 1886. On the twelfth of that month the parties signed a contract by which it was stipulated that one E. J. White, plaintiff’s son-in-law, should make a preliminary examination of the Iowa property, and report the result thereof to plaintiff, who reserved the right either to then terminate the negotiation, or to proceed to make a personal examination of the property and determine therefrom whether he would make the trade. It was also stipulated in case he should determine, after receiving White’s report,…
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