King v. Williams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page District Court. Action at law. The defendant pleaded a settlement, which the plaintiff replied had been obtained by “ fraud and duress.” Trial by jury, judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
The plaintiff claimed that the defendant had obtained money or property of him by means of fraudulent representations. When the settlement was made, the plaintiff refunded or paid to the defendant the money or property which the plaintiff claimed had been obtained by duress; and in relation to said money or property, and the settlement, the plaintiff testified that the defendant said: “ If I did not make [pay] this back to him he would sue and make it warm for me. * * * He told me that the clerks and commissioners in the land-office said to him that if they had you [me] to deal with, they…
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