Opinion ID: 2227177
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Heading: The Equitable Arguments.

Text: The tenants complain that the landlady should not be permitted to use a court of equity to pursue her remedies because of the equitable doctrines of unjust enrichment and clean hands. Under their argument, the landlady's participation in the sham transactions involving the warranty deed and quitclaim deed should preclude her from obtaining any relief in equity. See Sisson v. Janssen, 244 Iowa 123, 131-32, 56 N.W.2d 30, 34-35 (1952). The problem with this argument is that the tenants, who knowingly participated in these conveyances, lack clean hands themselves and are not in a position to complain about the landlady's standing in equity. See generally Figge v. Clark, 174 N.W.2d 432, 434 (Iowa 1970); Sisson, 244 Iowa at 131, 56 N.W.2d at 34. We reject these arguments.