Butler v. Archer
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Qourt. — Hon. H. E. Deemer, Judge. Action in equity to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the sale of certain real estate. There was a trial upon the merits, and a decree for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
— The pleadings and evidence in the case show that the plaintiff, through his agents, made an oral contract with the defendant for the sale of parts of two lots in the city of Council Bluffs. The defendant paid five hundred dollars on the contract as part of the purchase money. -The conveyance was to be made, and the contract closed, on the first of' March *552following the date of the contract. The contract was made in February, 1887. It was well .understood and fairly entered into by the parties. The plaintiff tendered a deed of the property to the defendant on the twenty-sixth of March, and…
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