Prouty v. Perry
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Humboldt District Court. — Hon. A. D. Bailie, Judge. This is an action for an alleged balance due for services for leasing and managing certain lands for the defendants. At tlie close of plaintiff’s evidence, there was a directed verdict for the defendants and judgment thereon. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, C. J.
On and prior to May, 1899, the plaintiff was a partnership engaged in the practice of law and in the land business at Humboldt, Iowa. The defendants were the owners of about two thousand acres of land, situated mostly in Humboldt County; a small part thereof, however, being in Pocahontas County. The most, if not all, of these lands, were at that time in the possession of tenants, and had been so occupied and farmed for some years. In May, 1898, the defendants wrote to the plaintiff, proposing to transfer these lands “to your agency.” The substance of the proposal was that they desired the…
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