Norris v. Kipp
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Montgomery District Court. — Hon. C. F. Loofbourow, Judge Action to recover damages for breach of covenants of a deed, and of a verbal warranty in the sale of land. The case was tried to a jury, and verdict and judgment rendered for plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The petition includes three counts. In one the plaintiff alleges that in September, 1885, he purchased of defendant an eighty-acre tract of land in Kansas; that, as an inducement for plaintiff to purchase, the defendant falsely and fraudulently represented to plaintiff that there were on said land two wells of water, a good stone house, and a nice orchard; that in fact there was no well, house nor orchard on said land at the time aforesaid ; and that defendant knew such to be the case. In another count, plaintiff alleges that he purchased of defendant the land aforesaid, and that at the time…
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