Anderson v. Buck
Supreme Court of Iowa
Ajpjpeal from Pollc Circuit Court. This is an action in equity, brought by plaintiff to cancel and set aside a deed, by which lie conveyed certain real estate in the city of Des Moines to defendant Amy A. Bucle, and to recover $500, which he paid defendant C. M. Buck in the same transaction in which said deed was given.
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Ajpjpeal from Pollc Circuit Court. This is an action in equity, brought by plaintiff to cancel and set aside a deed, by which lie conveyed certain real estate in the city of Des Moines to defendant Amy A. Bucle, and to recover $500, which he paid defendant C. M. Buck in the same transaction in which said deed was given. The ground on which relief is demanded is that certain frauds were perpetrated on plaintiff in the transaction, by defendant C. M. Buck, he being the party with whom plaintiff dealt. Plaintiff had judgment in the circuit court, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
I. The transaction out of which this controversy arose was an exchange of property, in which plaintiff gave the city property in question, and $500, for 320 acres of land in Guthrie county. Plaintiff conveyed the city property to defendant Amy A. Buck, who is the wife of the other defendant, but the contract was made with defendant O. M. Buck. The substance of plaintiff’s complaint is that said Buck, during the negotiations fgr the exchange, falsely and fraudulently represented to him that he was the owner of the Guthrie county lands, and had a perfect title to them, and that, for the purpose…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Throckmorton v. RiderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
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