Jones v. Ford
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. — Hon. H. P. Howell, Judge. Action to recover a commission under a contract to procure a purchaser for a farm. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for the amount claimed, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, C. J.
As the arguments of counsel are directed principally to the question whether there was any evidence to support a verdict for the plaintiff, it will be necessary to set out in some detail the facts to which the testimony had relation as bearing upon the making and performance of the contract under, which plaintiff claims to recover.
The defendant, a widow, formerly residing in Johnson county, but at the time to which the testimony in this ease relates a resident of Enid, Okla., was the owner of a one-third interest in fee in a farm of three hundred and fifteen acres situated in Johnson county,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Morbey v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1902
- Blodgett v. Sioux City & St. Paul R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
- Ford v. R. Holt Easley & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1893
- Hawley v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Brown Land Co. v. LehmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
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- King v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1919
- Crow v. CasadySupreme Court of Iowa · 1921
- McHugh v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
- Blunt v. WentlandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1958
- Wareham v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1933
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