Scott v. Simons
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Osceola District Court.— W. D. Boies, Judge. Action to recover a balance alleged to be due plaintiff on the exchange of land. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor, O. J.
1. Fraud : liability for fraud: knowledge of fraud : consummation of contract: . effect. I. Plaintiff brings this action in equity to recover a balance unpaid upon a written contract for the sale of certain land in Osceola County, and to impress upon and enforce against the land a vendor’s lien for the unpaid balance. The facts out of which the controversy arises are substantially as follows:
The defendant was the owner of all of Section 14 in Township 1, Range 21 East, in the county of Stanley, state of South Dakota. In the month of June, 1914, he placed this land in the hands of…
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