Patterson v. Oakes
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Shelby District Court. — E. B. Woodruee, Judge. Aotion at law on two checks aggregating $1,000, given as the first payment on the purchase price of a tract of real estate. The defendant stopped payment on the checks, and plaintiff brought suit thereon against the drawer. The trial court directed a verdict for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtFaville, J.
The appellant is the owner of a farm consisting of 120 acres, in Shelby County, Iowa. On or about the 29th day of August, 1919, the appellant and the appellee entered into an oral contract, by which the appellant undertook to sell said farm to the appellee for the agreed price of $45,000. At *79or about said time, tbe appellee gave to the appellant, as part of the purchase price of said farm, two checks, one in the sum of $200 and one in the sum of $800, payable to the order of the appellant, and drawn on the Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank, at Harlan, Iowa. Thereafter, and before the checks…
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