Swayne v. Waldo
Supreme Court of Iowa
Ajogeal from Ida Cirordt Court. Action at law. The material allegations in the petition are that the plaintiff was the owner of a stock of goods which he sold to the defendant, and in consideration thereof the defendant assigned and transferred to the plaintiff certain contracts which the former owned for the conveyance of certain land in Nebraska, at the price of $12.50 per acre; that defendant represented and warranted said land to be choice, well-lying, good soil, and in…
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Ajogeal from Ida Cirordt Court. Action at law. The material allegations in the petition are that the plaintiff was the owner of a stock of goods which he sold to the defendant, and in consideration thereof the defendant assigned and transferred to the plaintiff certain contracts which the former owned for the conveyance of certain land in Nebraska, at the price of $12.50 per acre; that defendant represented and warranted said land to be choice, well-lying, good soil, and in every respect first-class, tillable farm land, within two and a half miles of the town of O’Connor, Nebraska, and that…
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
x. appeal : vufwofe4vi(lenco in law case. I. This being an action at law, the finding of facts made by the court has the force and effect of a verdiet of a jury. It is not our province to weigh the evidence and determine any question of fact, .... . . , h as it the action was m equity..- It there is evidence which, fairly considered, warrants the finding of the court, we cannot disturb it. After carefully reading the evidence, we feel constrained to say that the court was fully justified in making the finding it did. It is not our custom to set out the evidence at length, or state the reasons…
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