Allen v. Rees
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from. Fremont District Court.— TIoN. O. D. Wheeler, Judge. ActioN at law to recover a sum alleged to be due as part of the purchase price of certain real estate. There was a directed verdict and judgment in favor of defendant, and plaintiff appeals.— Reversed and remanded for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtBishop, J.
The evidence for plaintiff tended to show a state of facts substantially as follows: In May, 1899, the parties to this action and one Butterfield, all of whom lived at Hamburg, Fremont county, were the joint owners of a tract of land in Harrison county, this State, consisting of five hundred and sixty acres. During that month plaintiff sold and conveyed his one-third interest in said lands to the defendant and said Butterfield — the consideration as alleged in the petition being “ $30 per acre, or, in the aggregate, $5,600, and other consideration; that in addition to said $5,600 the…
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