Windell v. Steinhoff

On the 7th day of March, 1928, the defendant, Mrs. Steinhoff, entered into a written contract with one William Benson, by the terms of which Mrs. Steinhoff agreed to sell to Benson a certain two-story brick building located in Eddyville, Iowa, for the sum of $8,000. The purchaser was to execute a note for $3,000, and on May 4, 1928, another note for $5,000 was to be delivered, secured by a mortgage on the property, this latter note to be due in three years. One George F. Taylor, a realtor, brought this purchaser, Benson, to the home of Mrs. Steinhoff. Taylor represented himself as the brother…