GRAHAM v. HENRY

No. 89-654.

456 N.W.2d 364 (1990)

William E. GRAHAM and Velda Irene Graham, Appellees, v. Edwin R. HENRY and Ruth Henry, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Hall of Hall & Schlenker, Indianola, for appellants.

Jeffrey G. Flagg, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and LAVORATO, NEUMAN, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

This is a fight over farmland. The trial court set aside a lease between contract vendees and their parents and restored the land to the contract vendors. The court based its ruling on a finding that the lease was a sham perpetrated to avoid the effect of a pending contract forfeiture. On our de novo review we reach the same conclusion and affirm.

The facts are largely undisputed. In 1979, plaintiffs William and Velda Graham sold ninety-four...

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