· 5/30/1979
Skubal v. Meeker
Citations
- 279 N.W.2d 23
- 1979 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 924
How courts have described this case
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- stating that when the seller was in default of the parties’ agreement, equity dictates that the forfeiture be canceled because a seller in default cannot forfeit the contract
- “invocation of equity jurisdiction permits the necessary flexibility to work out equities between the parties.”
- “The fact that a contract has been forfeited would not appear to be a bar to the cancellation of a forfeiture; indeed it would necessarily seem to be a prerequisite thereto.”
- reformation of forfeited real estate contract requires forfeiture process to be reinitiated
- forfeiture did not bar subsequent equitable claim for reformation
- forfeiture did not bar subsequent equitable claim for reformation
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Judges: Rees, Harris, McCormick, Allbee, Larson
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