Hughes v. White

Garnishee defendant White appeals a judgment of the common pleas court for plaintiff Hughes, executor of the estate of Andrew Thornton, deceased. The judgment below ordered the garnishee defendant, a licensed real-estate broker, to pay one-half of the amount received as down payment from the principal defendant, Sawyer, defaulting purchaser of land, to the plaintiff yendor of the property.

The plaintiff executor and the principal defendant entered into a preliminary agreement for the sale of the real estate in question on December 26, 1963. The principal defendant gave the garnishee defendant…