MILLER v. AMERICAN WONDERLANDS, INC.

No. 60965.

275 N.W.2d 399 (1979)

Verda Mae MILLER, Appellee, v. AMERICAN WONDERLANDS, INC., et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Updegraff of Donohue Law Office, West Union, for appellants.

Alice T. Koempel of Traeger & Koempel, West Union, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LeGRAND, HARRIS, McCORMICK, and McGIVERIN, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

Is it ever appropriate to order the forfeiture of a $30,000 real estate contract by reason of a $10.48 default? We believe the trial court was right in holding it was appropriate in this case. We vacate a reversing decision of the court of appeals and reinstate the judgment of the trial court quieting title in plaintiff vendor.

We adopt as our own the statement of facts from the opinion of the court of appeals:

"On October 26, 1972...

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