Mayer v. Hamre
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Shelby District Court. — Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. Petition for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
In September, 1910, the plaintiff herein filed a petition in equity, asking the specific performance of a certain written contract for the sale of land, entered into between him and one L. H. Pickard, who, it was claimed, was the agent of the defendant, and who acted for the defendant in the execution of said contract; that the defendant was the owner of the land at the time, and had placed the same in the hands of the said Pickard, as his agent, for sale.
The defendant in that ease, answering the petition, among other things, admitted that he was the owner of the land; denied that he entered…
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