Lessenich v. Sellers
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. TVank K. Gaynor, Judge. ApurL 22, 1897, the plaintiff entered into a written contract with defendant by the terms of which she- agreed to convey to him three lots, with flats thereon, in Sioux City, for 1,770 acres of land in Cherokee county, subject to incumbrance of $6,000, and to pay in difference $4,000 in cash and $12,000 upon the completion of the deal.
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Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. TVank K. Gaynor, Judge. ApurL 22, 1897, the plaintiff entered into a written contract with defendant by the terms of which she- agreed to convey to him three lots, with flats thereon, in Sioux City, for 1,770 acres of land in Cherokee county, subject to incumbrance of $6,000, and to pay in difference $4,000 in cash and $12,000 upon the completion of the deal. Each agreed to convey to the other by warranty deed, “with abstract showing perfect title.” “Each of the above parties agree to place their respective deeds in the Merchants’ National Bank of…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
*317i. equity: venue: assignments of error. *316The plaintiff, at the beginning of this -action, was a resident of Woodbury county/ where the defendant bank also was located. The defendant Sellers was a resident of Cherokee county, and to it he moved the •cause be transferred on the ground of such residence, that he was the sole party in interest, and that the bank was in no wise interested in the controversy. The contract •stipulated that “each of the above parties agree to place their respective deeds in the Merchants’ National Bank c.f .Sioux City, Iowa, until the abstracts are-completed, or the…
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