116 Iowa 374 | Iowa | 1902
There is no question but that Snyders was defendant’s agent to some extent and for some purpose relating to the sale of this land, and we fail to find that his authority was revoked before the contract with plaintiff was made. But what was the authority he had ? Was it to make a sale of the land, or merely to find a purchaser for it ? In the correspondence, some matters were left indefinite, to be settled by defendant, doubtless, when the purchaser appeared. These were the length of time the deferred payment should run, and the disposition to be made of the rent notes. The rent was due on November 1st, and it can hardly be supposed defendant intended to put earned rent in with the land in order to secure-
The judgment of the trial court is correct, and 'therefore it is AEEIRMED.