Cameron v. Nelson

Irvine, C.

In 1894 Nelson was the owner of certain land in Sheridan county, incumbered by a small mortgage, on which there was interest delinquent. He conveyed it to Cam*382eron by warranty deed purporting to pass the whole estate. Cameron thereafter traded the land for Omaha property of such value that a considerable profit resulted. Nelson brought this suit to. recover one-half that profit, claiming that the bargain was that Cameron gave him a piano for a half interest in the land, and that, while the deed passed the legal title to the whole, there was an express oral agreement that, in the…