Brittain v. Russell

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The petition shows that the owner of certain described property listed it for sale with the plaintiff, a real-estate broker, at a cash price of $15,750, and that the plaintiff within four or five days thereafter showed the property to the defendant as a prospective purchaser, who signed a written contract to purchase the property for $13,500, cash, and this offer was accepted by the owner, who1 also signed the contract. This contract was signed by the owner as seller, by the defendant as purchaser, and by the plaintiff as. agent, and stated that the…