Woodrum v. Carraher
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Fremont Circuit Court. Action to recover at law for money paid defendant in the purchase of land jointly by the parties to this suit; the sum claimed being in excess of the sum which should have been paid by plaintiff. The cause was tried to the court without a jury, and judgment was rendered for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Beok,'J\
The plaintiff claims that he and defendant and another entered into an oral agreement to purchase certain land, each to pay one-third of the purchase-money, and to acquire the title to one-third of the land; that defendant was to make the purchase for himself and the other parties; and that plaintiff and the other person concerned paid defendant a sum largely in excess of the two thirds of the purchase price of the lands. The other person assigned his claim growing out of their transactions to plaintiff. Defendant alleges that he did not agree to act for the other parties in the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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