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· 5/30/1979

Skubal v. Meeker

Citations

  • 279 N.W.2d 23
  • 1979 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 924

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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