Stonerook v. Wisner
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hardin District Court. — Hon. C. G. Lee, Judge. Action in equity for abatement in purchase price of a certain town lot. Demurrer to petition sustained and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
wakd?sales™ • under court order: unment: ccweat emptor. — Briefly stated, the petition makes a case as follows: That in August, 1904, the guardian of Lois J. Wisner, a minor, undertook to sell to the plaintiff the East % of Lot 8 in Block 24 in the town of Iowa Falls, Iowa; that plaintiff made such purchase for .. „ . . . . the purpose of improving the same by erecting thereon a permanent ^business building to cover its entire length of 132 feet; that said guardian, claiming his ward to be the owner of all said prop*110erty, obtained an order of court authorizing him to sell the same, and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- McMichael v. McMichaelSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1898
- Hunting v. WalterCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1871
- Owsley v. Heirs of SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1851
- Ritter v. HenshawSupreme Court of Iowa · 1858
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